Art Appreciation
Group Leader: Malcolm Hall
These sessions are an exploration of visual art forms for members who wish to broaden their knowledge and experience of this subject area. They include background study of art history and a more detailed exposition of the elements, media, methods and thought processes involved to produce finished artwork.
Each monthly session is devoted to a particular subject, artist, movement, style, technique or medium, and will include a critique of its best-known exponents. Visits to galleries and other related venues are offered from time to time as additional enhancements. Previously, we have visited Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, Wolverhampton Art Gallery and the Barber Institute.
Cost is normally £3 per session which is to cover room hire. We now meet at the REDI Centre in South Street, Redditch, B98 7DQ.
If you have not already registered an interest, please click on the 'click to send a message' feature top right to send an email to Malcolm.
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| Mon May 20th | 10.00am at the REDI Centre, South Street. Who are we and -- What do we see? Reading paintings Understanding paintings is far more demanding than we might think! Artists are clever people and deliberately conceal all sorts of messages in their work and use sophisticated means to communicate their ideas. Additionally, they unwittingly embed lots of other information about their own attitudes and prevailing cultural mores. By doing a little bit of careful and analytical thinking we can learn to ‘read’ paintings to understand much more than might first appear. We can even use paintings to reflect on our own lives and our society. We can start by looking closely, then even closer -- to see what we can find! |