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The 'Comic Sublime’ : Eileen Agar at Ploumanac’h
In 1936 the English surrealist Eileen Agar photographed the extraordinary rock formations at Ploumanac'h in Brittany. This paper examines the …
Thomas Gainsborough’s ‘Lost’ Portrait of Auguste Vestris
The subject of this paper is a portrait of the celebrated eighteenth-century dancer, Auguste Vestris, acquired by Tate in 1955, …
°ä´Ç²Ô²õ³Ù²¹²ú±ô±ð’s Sketch for Hadleigh Castle : A Technical Examination
Constable (1776–1837) made one of his characteristic 'six footer' oil sketches in preparation for Hadleigh Castle which he exhibited at …
A Lively Parrot: Frances Hodgkins's Wings Over Water
It is most likely that Frances Hodgkins (1869–1947) began the painting Wings over Water in Bodinnick, Cornwall, in 1931 and …
Military Avoidance: Marcel Duchamp and the 'Jura-Paris Road'
The essay traces military relationships in the work of Marcel Duchamp (1887–1968), paying particular attention to his notes of 1912 …
'Poor abraded butterflies of the stage': Sickert and the Brighton Pierrots
Sickert's interest in popular entertainment extended beyond the London music-hall and his 1915 painting Brighton Pierrots depicts a troupe of …
All Systems Go: Recovering Jack Burnham’s ‘Systems Aesthetics’
Jack Burnham’s systems aesthetics was one of the first, fully developed, critical theories of postformalist artistic practice. Yet Burnham, undeservedly, …
Lines of Sight: Alfred Watkins, Photography and Topography in Early Twentieth-Century Britain
Alfred Watkins (1855–1935) originated the idea of ley-lines and surveyed alignments which articulated the prehistoric landscape of Britain, in his …
'Pataphysical Graham': A Consideration of the Pataphysical Dimension of the Artistic Practice of Rodney Graham
Pataphysical Graham ‘Pataphysical Graham’ investigates the possible use of pataphysical motifs in the work of the contemporary Canadian artist Rodney …
Edward Hopper and British Artists
This article examines the changes in Edward Hopper’s painting style during his stays in Paris between 1906 to 1910, and …
Authenticity, Change and Loss in the Conservation of Time-Based Media Installations
This paper focuses on three concepts central to the theory of conservation: authenticity, change and loss. These terms are explored …
The Effects of Surface Cleaning on Acrylic Emulsion Paintings: A Preliminary Investigation
Drawing on a current research project at Tate on the conservation of modern paintings, this article, based on research carried …
Between Text and Image in Kandinsky’s Oeuvre: A Consideration of the Album Sounds
Focusing on the album of poetry and woodcuts called Sounds (°±ôä²Ô²µ±ð), published c.1912, this paper examines how Kandinsky …
Kandinsky and Contemporary Painting
The author assesses the reach of Kandinsky’s early painting, first reflecting upon the sense of scale and time in Kandinsky’s …
Towards Anarchitecture: Gordon Matta-Clark and Le Corbusier
Gordon Matta-Clark (1943–1978), who trained originally as an architect, is best known for his spectacular ‘building cuts’. These have often …
Historically Accurate Reconstructions of Artists’ Oil Painting Materials
This paper describes a four-year project (2002 to 2006) funded by the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research entitled Historically Accurate …
A Dramatic Reading of Augustus Leopold Egg’s Untitled Triptych
This article explores the significance of the theatrical and literary references found in the triptych Past and Present 1858 by …
Josef Albers, Eva Hesse, and the Imperative of Teaching
This paper examines affinities between the Bauhaus-indebted instructional methods and practices of Josef Albers and the sculpture of Eva Hesse, …
The Modern Cult of Replicas: A Rieglian Analysis of Values in Replication
Sebastiano Barassi, The Modern Cult of Replicas: A Rieglian Analysis of Values in Replication; Tate Papers no.8, featuring the conservation …
Thoughts on Replication and the Work of Eva Hesse
Michelle Barger, Thoughts on Replication and the Work of Eva Hesse, Tate Papers no.8