Visible Reminders of Invisible Light
The Hunt Museum
24th January – 24th of March
The exhibition consists of artists and writers responses to works from the Hunt Museum’s permanent collection. Artists from a wide variety of disciplines were invited to participate, bringing a diversity of ideas to their exploration of the exhibition theme, through their engagement with the collection. Seventeen contemporary artists were invited to create new work in response to both of these historic collections which has resulted in the creation of a rich and eclectic exhibition. Matisse once said that ‘creativity takes courage’ and many of their responses have produced unexpected insights which serve to demonstrate the reimagined wealth in the collection. The Hunt Museum is very excited to display these works side by side with their historic artefacts thus creating a series of challenging and exciting juxtapositions.
I chose a figure sculpture of Joachim and Anna, parents of Mary. Carved in wood, it dates from the fifteenth century.
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