Artist in conversation: Jenny Saville RA and David Dawson
Lucian Freud: The Self-portraits
Wednesday 6 November 2019 6.30 - 7.45pm
Benjamin West Lecture Theatre, Royal Academy of Arts
£20, £12
Lucian Freud: The Self-portraits
Join us for an in-conversation on self-portraiture between contemporary artist Jenny Saville RA and long-standing assistant to Lucian Freud, David Dawson.
Spanning nearly seven decades, Freud’s paintings in Lucian Freud: The Self-portraits trace the evolution from the linear graphic works of his early career to the fleshier, painterly style he became synonymous with.
Join us for a special in-conversation with co-curator of the exhibition, David Dawson, and contemporary painter Jenny Saville RA. Saville, like Freud, is known for her visceral, large-scale canvases depicting the human body. At this talk, she reflects on her relationship to self-portraiture and the effect it has had on her career, while Dawson offers insight into Freud’s approach to the theme and its role in his development as a painter.
This event will be chaired by Tim Marlow, the RA’s Artistic Director.
The talk will be accompanied by speech to text transcription courtesy of Stagetext.