FROM GRIMM TO REALITY: AN EXPLORATION OF IMAGINATION AND STORYTELLING IN CONTEMPORARY ART
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'CORPSES ON FIRE' FROM ILLUSTRATIONS FOR SIX FAIRY TALES FROM THE BROTHERS GRIMM 1969 1969 David Hockney (1937 – ) P1684/22 © David Hockney
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'PLEADING FOR THE CHILD' FROM ILLUSTRATIONS FOR SIX FAIRY TALES FROM THE BROTHERS GRIMM 1969 1969 David Hockney (1937 – ) P1684/37 © David Hockney
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'INSIDE THE CASTLE' FROM ILLUSTRATIONS FOR SIX FAIRY TALES FROM THE BROTHERS GRIMM 1969 1969 David Hockney (1937 – ) P1684/27 © David Hockney
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'THE TOWER HAD ONE WINDOW' FROM ILLUSTRATIONS FOR SIX FAIRY TALES FROM THE BROTHERS GRIMM 1969 1969 David Hockney (1937 – ) P1684/16 © David Hockney
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'COLD WATER ABOUT TO HIT THE PRINCE' FROM ILLUSTRATIONS FOR SIX FAIRY TALES FROM THE BROTHERS GRIMM 1969 1969 David Hockney (1937 – ) P1684/28 © David Hockney
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'HE TORE HIMSELF IN TWO' FROM ILLUSTRATIONS FOR SIX FAIRY TALES FROM THE BROTHERS GRIMM 1969 1969 David Hockney (1937 – ) P1684/39 © David Hockney
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'GOLD' FROM ILLUSTRATIONS FOR SIX FAIRY TALES FROM THE BROTHERS GRIMM 1969 1969 David Hockney (1937 – ) P1684/34 © David Hockney
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'THE HAUNTED CASTLE' FROM ILLUSTRATIONS FOR SIX FAIRY TALES FROM THE BROTHERS GRIMM 1969 1969 David Hockney (1937 – ) P1684/23 © David Hockney
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'THE GLASS MOUNTAIN' FROM ILLUSTRATIONS FOR SIX FAIRY TALES FROM THE BROTHERS GRIMM 1969 1969 David Hockney (1937 – ) P1684/29 © David Hockney
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'THE BOY HIDDEN IN AN EGG' FROM ILLUSTRATIONS FOR SIX FAIRY TALES FROM THE BROTHERS GRIMM 1969 1969 David Hockney (1937 – ) P1684/3 © David Hockney
Imagination and the tradition of storytelling, more specifically the art of fantasy, fairytales and nursery rhymes is at the centre of this exhibition. From Grimm to Reality showcases key workssuch as David Hockney’s Illustrations for Six Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm and Paula Rego’s nursery rhyme etchings alongside Anya Gallaccio’s ever changing Preserve Beauty, Ana Maria Pacheco’s Misfortunes of a Sardine and Susanna Majuri’s fantastical photographic landscapes. The exhibition is full of references to the imagery portrayed in childhood stories and highlights the rich connection between imagination, the familiar and storytelling in contemporary art. Other highlights to the exhibition include Jane Edden’s Ideal Home sculptures and Joel Ely’sThinking Bear.
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Glossary
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Contemporary
Existing or coming into being at the same period; of today or of the present. The term that designates art being made today.