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Issue Number: 107
The theme of the Summer Exhibition this year is ‘Raw’. Stephen Chambers RA, the co-ordinator, tells Richard Cork what rawness in art means to him and how it has influenced the look of the show.
Plus: Artist books in the Summer Exhibition
The RA’s exhibition ‘Sargent and the Sea’ celebrates a little-known aspect of the artist’s work: the marine paintings that show his dazzling virtuosity. Sargent’s great-nephew Richard Ormond gives us an insight into the artist as a young man
Who at some point has not felt like Jacob wrestling with the angel? The Bible tells of a mortal struggling with the Divine, holding fast to the angel all through the night and refusing to let go until, at dawn, he prevails and receives a blessing – an answer to his prayers.
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