Art | Exhibitions | Publicity & Perversity:
The British Print 1750-1950
6 - 15 June 2008
Photograph Room/Print Study Room
Publicity & Perversity
The British Print 1750-1950
Prints can be a dynamic and powerful medium that both portray and inform social attitudes. This selection from the Barber Institute’s permanent collection and the University of Birmingham’s Special Collections examines the period 1750-1950. Touching on notions of morality, fashion, consumption, British national identity, Birmingham’s colourful history and personal caricature, the prints — often satirical — include examples by Hogarth, Cruikshank, Leech, Gillray and Rowlandson. This exhibition, organized by postgraduate History of Art students, will be accompanied by a seminar series.
ALL THE FOLLOWING SEMINARS ARE FREE AND OPEN TO ALL. BOOKING IS NOT REQUIRED
9 June 2008, 12 - 2 pm · Photograph Room
THE PRINT AS SOCIAL COMMENTARY
Presentations will show how prints comment on the social environment in which they were created. Lectures on the print history of Birmingham, the portrayal of gambling and illustrations of Lady Hamilton’s theatrics.
11 June 2008, 12 - 2 pm · Print Study Room (off Lady Barber Gallery)
THE PRINT AS AN ARTISTIC MEDIUM
Presentations will surround the reception of prints between 1750-1950 and their dissemination. Lectures on the conservation of prints, forms of print dissemination and British national identity in prints.
13 June 2008, 12 -2 pm · Photograph Room
THE PRINT & THE EYE OF THE COLLECTOR
Presentations will surround contemporary museum interest in prints. Lectures on fashion in prints, images of gin and gender, and the political career of Charles James Fox through prints.