In conversation with Julian Schnabel Hon RA
Saturday 9 June 2018 3 - 4pm
The Benjamin West Lecture Theatre, Burlington Gardens, Royal Academy of Arts
£20, £12 concessions. A limited amount of tickets will be available to buy at the Ticket Desk.
Join the multidisciplinary artist and Oscar-nominated film director, Julian Schnabel Hon RA, in conversation with the RA’s Artistic Director, Tim Marlow. Hear about his celebrated career and his new work, currently on show at Pace.
Julian Schnabel Hon RA, the American artist and award winning film director of The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007), joins Tim Marlow in the RA’s new Benjamin West Lecture Theatre. Schnabel will discuss his multidisciplinary practice, extending beyond film to include sculpture and painting, including his current solo exhibition, The re-use of 2017 by 2018. The re-use of Christmas, birthdays. The re-use of a joke. The re-use of air and water.
The exhibition at Pace features twelve calendar prints depicting seasonal agricultural activities of rural England, made by the Royal Academicians William Hamilton (1751-1801) and Francesco Bartolozzi (1727-1815), and published by John and Josiah Boydell. Schnabel has painted on the prints, establishing a new view and picture without losing the original, suggesting a multiplicity of vision and awareness of every moment.
Since his first solo exhibition in 1979, Schnabel has been the subject of numerous solo exhibitions, including retrospectives organized by the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York (1987); Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona (1995); Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt (2004); Museo Correr, Venice (2011); and Brant Foundation Art Study Center, Greenwich, Connecticut (2013).
Well known for his film work, Schnabel wrote and directed the feature film, Basquiat (1996), about fellow New York artist, Jean-Michel Basquiat. In 2007, Schnabel won further acclaim for his third film, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, receiving the award for Best Director at the Cannes Film Festival, Best Director at the Golden Globe Awards and receiving four Oscar nominations. Schnabel is currently working on a film on Van Gogh, At Eternity’s Gate.