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Urban Pastoral

18 Feb 2008

Monster Adventure Playground, Nils Norman
Monster Adventure Playground, Nils Norman

The idea of the pastoral is rooted in cultural depictions of an idealised, generally natural, landscape. When applied to a more diverse material landscape of an ‘urban pastoral’ far more intricate conceptual questions are raised. Art critics Dr Julian Stallabrass, Courtauld Institute of Art, and TJ Demos, University College London, discuss the urban pastoral and the social, environmental and aesthetic implications of this landscape. In collaboration with UCL Urban Laboratory.

Large Weston Room; 6.30–8pm; £7/£4 concessions (includes a drink)

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Show photo credits

Joan Miró, The Birth of Day 1 (Naissance du jour 1), 1964. Oil on canvas, 146 x 113.5 cm. Fondation Marguerite et Aimé Maeght, Saint-Paul. Photo © Galerie Maeght.
© Succession Miró/ADAGP, Paris and DACS, London 2008.

 

The Antioch Chalice, Byzantine, from Syria, possibly Kaper Koraon or Antioch, first half of the sixth century. Silver cup set in footed silver-gilt shell, Height 19. 7 cm. Lent by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. The Cloisters Collection, 1950 (50.4). Photo © The Metropolitan Museum of Art