Events and activities
Free Salons
January 2011; sketch at the RA; 6 Burlington Gardens, 5–6pm
Supported by
Cake and conversation feature at these salons, where the audience joins practitioners from the realms of art, fashion, sociology, performance, journalism, and fashion image-making to explore themes provoked by GSK Contemporary - Aware,
and to discuss the ways in which fashion and art are presented, consumed, understood, respected, or reviled. Participants will include Susie Bubble, Grayson Perry, Yinka Shonibare and Helen Storey.
17 January 2011 The Artist’s Robe: Adornment and Identity
(Grayson Perry, Professor Reina Lewis, Dr. Emma Tarlo)
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18 January 2011 Storytellers of Fashion
(Susie Bubble, Dr. Agnès Rocamora, Hattie Spice, Perry Curties)
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19 January 2011 When Clothes Speak: The Fabric of Our Heritage
(Yinka Shonibare, Carol Tulloch, Freddie Robins, Dr. Jonathan Faiers) FULLY BOOKED
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20 January 2011 Staging Fashion/The Fashion Stage
(The Broken Hearts, Anna Trevelyan, Grace Woodward)
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21 January 2011 Future Forward: Forecasting Art, Fashion and Identity
(Helen Palmer, Martin Raymond, Chris Sanderson, Suzanne Lee)
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25 January 2011 Sustaining Fashion: A Question of Ethics
(Helen Storey, Tony Ryan, Philip Delamore)
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26 January 2011 Prescription: Clothing as Sanctuary
(Hilary Rose, Caterina Radvan, Nigel Hartley)
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27 January 2011 A Life Through Fashion: The Biographical Wardrobe
(Tonia Bastyan, Daphne Guinness, Beatrice Behlen)
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Tours
Thursdays at 2.30pm GSK Contemporary Aware Exhibition Tours
2 December 2010 — 20 January 2011
45-minute introductory tours exploring ‘GSK Contemporary–Aware: Art Fashion Identity’ at 2.30pm every Thursday.
Meet at exhibition entrance; free with an exhibition ticket
17 December 2010 GSK Contemporary BSL and Lipspeaking Tour
Click here to book online
Family Activities
16 January 2011 Family Day: GSK Contemporary – Aware
Families explore ideas of dress, fashion, identity and performing through hands-on activities, talks, and other events in the exhibition galleries, including a display of 'Bare Thread' by Kids Company.
Art Detectives
A fun worksheet for younger visitors
Download here (2.5 MB)
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Tickets for the salon series are limited, but we'll be reporting on each of the events on the RA Magazine Blog
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