{"id":1405,"date":"2023-07-31T16:07:10","date_gmt":"2023-07-31T15:07:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/macurating\/?page_id=1405"},"modified":"2023-07-31T16:24:20","modified_gmt":"2023-07-31T15:24:20","slug":"selected-works","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/macurating\/archive-previous-exhibitions\/2013-archive-imagining-islands-artists-and-escape-2\/selected-works\/","title":{"rendered":"Selected works"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Imagining Islands: Artists and Escape<\/em>\u00a0responded to The Courtauld Gallery\u2019s Summer Showcase,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/courtauld.ac.uk\/gallery\/exhibitions\/collecting-gauguin-samuel-courtauld-in-the-20s\/\"><em>Collecting Gauguin: Samuel Courtauld in the \u201820s<\/em>,<\/a> and draws on works from The Courtauld Gallery and the Arts Council Collection.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1406\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1406\" style=\"width: 504px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1406 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/macurating\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/07\/Bubble-House-exterior2.jpg\" alt=\"a big structure that looks like a capsule and has an open entrance, set in a natural landscape.\" width=\"504\" height=\"296\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/macurating\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/07\/Bubble-House-exterior2.jpg 504w, https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/macurating\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/07\/Bubble-House-exterior2-300x176.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 504px) 100vw, 504px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1406\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tacita Dean, Bubble House, 1999, 16mm film projection. Courtesy the artist, Frith Street Gallery, London and Marian Goodman Gallery, Paris\/New York<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In 1891, the artist Paul Gauguin travelled from Paris to the Pacific island of Tahiti in pursuit of a haven away from Western civilisation. Artists have long been drawn to the elusive ideals and tantalising fantasies that islands embody.<\/p>\n<p>This trans-historical exhibition explores artists\u2019 fascination with other worlds, real and imagined, and the perennial search for utopia, considering the concept of the island in poetic, evocative, and experimental ways.<\/p>\n<p><em>Imagining Islands was curated by students on the MA course\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/courtauld.ac.uk\/study\/postgraduate\/ma-curating-the-art-museum\/\">Curating the Art Museum<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1415\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1415\" style=\"width: 167px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1415 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/macurating\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/07\/024.jpg\" alt=\"a picture of a tree emerging from mist or water\" width=\"167\" height=\"133\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1415\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mary McIntyre<br \/>The Lough V<br \/>2006<br \/>80 x 100cm<br \/>Light-jet prohotgraphic print on di-bond<br \/>Arts Council Collection, Southbank Centre, London<br \/>\u00a9 The artist<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<hr \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1414\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1414\" style=\"width: 255px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1414 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/macurating\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/07\/D-1952-RW-3813-png-5683-255x300-1.jpg\" alt=\"A painting of a female figure from the back waving at a person on a ship\" width=\"255\" height=\"300\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1414\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">John Everett Millais<br \/>The Parting of Ulysses<br \/>c. 1862<br \/>11.8 x 10.3 cm<br \/>Watercolour on paper<br \/>\u00a9 The Samuel Courtauld Trust, The Courtauld Gallery, London<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<hr \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1413\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1413\" style=\"width: 167px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1413 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/macurating\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/07\/Breughel.jpg\" alt=\"An etching of two people in a garden\" width=\"167\" height=\"122\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1413\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jan Brueghel the Elder<br \/>Adam and Eve in Paradise<br \/>1615<br \/>47.3 x 63.8 cm<br \/>Engraving<br \/>\u00a9 The Samuel Courtauld Trust, The Courtauld Gallery, London<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<hr \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1412\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1412\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1412\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/macurating\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/07\/avery21-300x216.jpg\" alt=\"a watercolour painting of a seascape in black and white\" width=\"300\" height=\"216\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/macurating\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/07\/avery21-300x216.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/macurating\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/07\/avery21.jpg 504w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1412\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Charles Avery<br \/>View Towards the Sea of Clarity<br \/>2008<br \/>64 x 94 cm<br \/>Ink and watercolour on paper<br \/>\u00a9 The artist<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<hr \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1411\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1411\" style=\"width: 167px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1411\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/macurating\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/07\/Hepworth.jpg\" alt=\"a squared wood sculpture with a hole in the centre and a cavity on the left side\" width=\"167\" height=\"177\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1411\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Barbara Hepworth<br \/>Icon<br \/>1957<br \/>45.7 x 35.6 x 30.5cm<br \/>Mahogany<br \/>Arts Council Collection, Southbank Centre, London<br \/>\u00a9 Bowness, Hepworth Estate<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Imagining Islands: Artists and Escape\u00a0responded to The Courtauld Gallery\u2019s Summer Showcase,\u00a0Collecting Gauguin: Samuel Courtauld in the \u201820s, and draws on works from The Courtauld Gallery and the Arts Council Collection. In 1891, the artist Paul Gauguin travelled from Paris to the Pacific island of Tahiti in pursuit of a haven away from Western civilisation. Artists&hellip;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/macurating\/archive-previous-exhibitions\/2013-archive-imagining-islands-artists-and-escape-2\/selected-works\/\" title=\"View &lsquo;Selected works&rsquo;\">View <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":47,"featured_media":0,"parent":1168,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"class_list":["post-1405","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Selected works - MA Curating the Art Exhibition<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/macurating\/archive-previous-exhibitions\/2013-archive-imagining-islands-artists-and-escape-2\/selected-works\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Selected works - MA Curating the Art Exhibition\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Imagining Islands: Artists and Escape\u00a0responded to The Courtauld Gallery\u2019s Summer Showcase,\u00a0Collecting Gauguin: Samuel Courtauld in the \u201820s, and draws on works from The Courtauld Gallery and the Arts Council Collection. 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