■ How Far Has Art Evolved?
Roger Whelan
BRLSI member
A look at the changing role that art plays in the world, from its magical beginnings 30,000 years ago in the cave of Chauvet to the recent sale of Hirst’s work at Sotheby’s. During that time art has played a religious, social, political and personal role.
Wednesday 10 June 2009
Captain FitzRoy’s ‘Painting Men’ and the voyage of HMS Beagle (1831–36)
James Taylor former curator of painting National Maritime Museum
During the Beagle’s second voyage, with Charles Darwin aboard, Captain FitzRoy personally paid for two remarkable artists to paint the people and places he encountered. Why was he determined that artwork should be created, and what does the work of Augustus Earle and Conrad Martens reveal of this ground-breaking expedition?
Wednesday 9 December 2009
■ Duncan Cameron, artist
Duncan Cameron, formerly at Spike Island in Bristol, will speak on his work and its connection to Darwin. He is currently exhibiting at the Bristol Natural History Museum. His interest is in collection and classification. Many of the objects he works with have been collected by diving, particularly around the
island of St Kilda.
Duncan Cameron, formerly at Spike Island in Bristol, will speak on his work and its connection to Darwin. He is currently exhibiting at the Bristol Natural History Museum. His interest is in collection and classification. Many of the objects he works with have been collected by diving, particularly around the
island of St Kilda.
Wednesday 11 February 2009
■ Art from Evolution
A visual presentation by artist Perdita Sinclair on her work and its evolutionary themes. As modern society pushes us away from nature she explores through art our intrinsic connections to the natural world using the female body. She will discuss her paintings and how she seeks to reflect ideas of origin, belonging and transformation in them.
Wednesday 8 April 2009
Visual Arts Programme
All events are at BRLSI, 16 Queen Square, Bath BA1 2HN, and start at 7.30pm unless otherwise stated.
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Darwin’s Dreams - work in plaster by BRLSI Visual Arts Convenor Adrienne Horswill (on display in the Elwin Room during Darwin and Beyond year).
■ Science and Art: The Work of Joseph Wright of Derby
Desanka Rowell
Bristol University
Bristol University
Wright was a friend of Darwin’s grandfather
Erasmus and, with him, a member of the Lunar Society group of pioneering industrialists and
natural philosophers. His paintings, using dramatic lighting effects, reflected the emerging scientific knowledge of the time.
Erasmus and, with him, a member of the Lunar Society group of pioneering industrialists and
natural philosophers. His paintings, using dramatic lighting effects, reflected the emerging scientific knowledge of the time.
Wednesday 13 May 2009