Exhibition on Screen: Painting the Modern Garden Film Screening and Q&A with Phil Grabsky
Thursday 16 June 2016 7 - 9pm
Sir Hugh Casson Room, The Keeper’s House, Royal Academy of Arts
£12 (including a welcome drink). Booking required, Friends only.
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Revisit the innovative and extensive exhibition 'Painting the Modern Garden: Monet to Matisse', with a special film screening and Q&A with Executive Producer Phil Grabsky.
From the exhibition walls to the wonder and beauty of artists’ gardens like Giverny and Seebüll, the film takes a magical and widely travelled journey to discover how different contemporaries of Monet built and cultivated modern gardens to explore expressive motifs, abstract colour, decorative design and utopian ideas.
"A show that feels as intellectually invigorating as it is visually delightful." The Times
Guided by passionate curators, artists and garden enthusiasts, this remarkable collection of Impressionists, Post-Impressionists, and avant-garde artists of the early twentieth century will reveal the rise of the modern garden in popular culture and the public’s enduring fascination with gardens today. Long considered spaces for expressing colour, light and atmosphere, the garden has occupied the creative minds of some of the worlds greatest artists. As Monet said, ‘Apart from painting and gardening, I’m no good at anything’. For lovers of art or lovers of gardens, this is an ideal film.
As our Friends events are extremely popular, we ask that you book a ticket in advance. If you wish to bring a guest please book one ticket for each person. Your ticket also includes a welcome drink from our resident experts Peyton & Byrne.
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Booking for Friends of the RA opens on Thursday 26 May 2016 at 12pm.