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Indepth Arts News:
"William Blake"
2000-11-09 until 2001-02-11
Tate Britian
London, ,
UK United Kingdom
This exhibition will take a fresh, bold look at the unique and innovative Romantic British
artist and poet, William Blake (1757-1827). This will be the first major exhibition of Blake's
work in more than twenty years and will include more than 400 works drawn from public
and private collections throughout the world. The exhibition will offer a clear and
informative overview of his life and work, putting him in context with the political and social
upheavals of his time and bringing the symbolism of such popular works as Jerusalem,
The Ghost of a Flea and The Tyger to life.
The exhibition will contain four sections, each of
which will look at a facet of Blake's art and life. One of
these sections Chambers of the Imagination, will be
an exploration of Blake's thinking as a visionary artist.
Another looks at the artist's years in Lambeth during
the 1790s. This was the time of the French Revolution
and the rise of radicalism in Britain. Along with this
came Blake's pioneering development of a form of
print-making and book-making through which he
could express and circulate his own revolutionary
thoughts. One special feature of this part of the show
will be a 're-creation' of Blake's studio which, through
the display of engraving tools and aspects of his
engraving process, will explain the very practical skills
which Blake had mastered in order to be his own
man.
The curators for the exhibition are Robin Hamlyn,
Curator, Tate Collections and Michael Phillips, art
historian and lecturer, University of York.
IMAGE:
William Blake 1757-1827
from Illustrations to Dante's 'Divine
Comedy',
The Inscription over the
Gate (1824-7)
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