From Life
11 Dec 2017 - 11 Mar 2018
Cai Guo-Qiang
One Thousand Youngsters Drawing David [video performance], 2010.
Realised in the quarry Cave Michelangelo, Cararra.
Photo by Cai Guo-Qiang, courtesy Cai Studio.
One Thousand Youngsters Drawing David [video performance], 2010.
Realised in the quarry Cave Michelangelo, Cararra.
Photo by Cai Guo-Qiang, courtesy Cai Studio.
homas Rowlandson
Drawing from Life at the Royal Academy, (Somerset House).
Hand-coloured aquatint by a.c. pugin and thomas rowlandson published in ackermann's 'microcosm of london' 1 january 1808. 19.7 x 26 cm. Photo credit: © Royal Academy of Arts, London.
Drawing from Life at the Royal Academy, (Somerset House).
Hand-coloured aquatint by a.c. pugin and thomas rowlandson published in ackermann's 'microcosm of london' 1 january 1808. 19.7 x 26 cm. Photo credit: © Royal Academy of Arts, London.
The making of Jonathan Yeo’s virtual self-portrait, in legendary sculptor Eduoardo Paolozzi’s former studio
© Jonathan Yeo studio
© Jonathan Yeo studio
Antony Gormley RA
GAZE III, 2015.
© Anthony Gormley. Photo: Stephen White.
GAZE III, 2015.
© Anthony Gormley. Photo: Stephen White.
Ellen Altfest
The Butt, 2007.
© Ellen Altfest. Courtesy White Cube, London. Photo: Bill Orcutt.
The Butt, 2007.
© Ellen Altfest. Courtesy White Cube, London. Photo: Bill Orcutt.
Jenny Saville RA
Entry, 2004-05.
© Jenny Saville. ISelf Collection. Courtesy the artist and Gagosian. Photo: Mike Bruce.
Entry, 2004-05.
© Jenny Saville. ISelf Collection. Courtesy the artist and Gagosian. Photo: Mike Bruce.
Lucian Freud
A Beginning, Blond Girl, 1980.
© The Lucian Freud Archive. Bridgeman Images.
A Beginning, Blond Girl, 1980.
© The Lucian Freud Archive. Bridgeman Images.
Chantal Joffe
Self-Portrait Naked in Garden, 2016.
Pastel on paper. 47.6 x 37.8 x 3.8 cm. © Chantal Joffe, courtesy the artist and Victoria Miro, London.
Self-Portrait Naked in Garden, 2016.
Pastel on paper. 47.6 x 37.8 x 3.8 cm. © Chantal Joffe, courtesy the artist and Victoria Miro, London.
FROM LIFE
11 December 2017 — 11 March 2018
Looking to the past, present and future of one of the cornerstones of artistic process, we ask what it means to make art from life, and how the practice is evolving as technology opens up new ways of making and seeing.
Drawing from casts and life models was long considered essential training for any aspiring artist, and was once a staple of the Royal Academy’s own art school. Now, on the cusp of the RA’s 250th anniversary, this special exhibition project takes an inquisitive look at the tradition and its ongoing relationship with artists today.
Beginning with historic works drawn from the RA Collection, From Life will trace a line from the origins of the RA in the 18th century to the present day. Alongside a room devoted to Jeremy Deller’s Iggy Pop Life Class, which took place at the Brooklyn Museum in 2016, we will show contemporary work in diverse media by various artists including Lucian Freud and his studio assistant David Dawson, Jonathan Yeo, and numerous Royal Academicians who continue to interrogate the practice of working from life, among them Jenny Saville, Chantal Joffe, Antony Gormley and Gillian Wearing.
Finally in the Tennant Gallery, subject to availability, new interactive work of artists Yinka Shonibare and Humphrey Ocean, and architect Farshid Moussavi will offer a glimpse of possible future applications of virtual reality in the art of tomorrow. Through these, we will see how emerging technologies such as HTC Vive and Tilt Brush by Google are presenting artists with new ways to both observe and represent themselves, opening up unexplored techniques and pushing back physical limitations.
The visitor’s experience of the virtual reality element within the exhibition will depend on availability. As each virtual reality artwork can only be experienced individually, access cannot be guaranteed.
Please note that our galleries will be closed 24-26 December, and open only from 12-6pm on 1 January.
11 December 2017 — 11 March 2018
Looking to the past, present and future of one of the cornerstones of artistic process, we ask what it means to make art from life, and how the practice is evolving as technology opens up new ways of making and seeing.
Drawing from casts and life models was long considered essential training for any aspiring artist, and was once a staple of the Royal Academy’s own art school. Now, on the cusp of the RA’s 250th anniversary, this special exhibition project takes an inquisitive look at the tradition and its ongoing relationship with artists today.
Beginning with historic works drawn from the RA Collection, From Life will trace a line from the origins of the RA in the 18th century to the present day. Alongside a room devoted to Jeremy Deller’s Iggy Pop Life Class, which took place at the Brooklyn Museum in 2016, we will show contemporary work in diverse media by various artists including Lucian Freud and his studio assistant David Dawson, Jonathan Yeo, and numerous Royal Academicians who continue to interrogate the practice of working from life, among them Jenny Saville, Chantal Joffe, Antony Gormley and Gillian Wearing.
Finally in the Tennant Gallery, subject to availability, new interactive work of artists Yinka Shonibare and Humphrey Ocean, and architect Farshid Moussavi will offer a glimpse of possible future applications of virtual reality in the art of tomorrow. Through these, we will see how emerging technologies such as HTC Vive and Tilt Brush by Google are presenting artists with new ways to both observe and represent themselves, opening up unexplored techniques and pushing back physical limitations.
The visitor’s experience of the virtual reality element within the exhibition will depend on availability. As each virtual reality artwork can only be experienced individually, access cannot be guaranteed.
Please note that our galleries will be closed 24-26 December, and open only from 12-6pm on 1 January.