Not entirely medieval, but parts of the following should be of interest
to some members of this list. Best wishes to all.
Francois.
Sensation in History
A Sense of Heaven: 16th Century Boxwood Carvings
10 May 27 June 1999
This small and exquisite display, selected by Frits Scholten of the
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, includes a silver pomander and three single
prayer beads, a full rosary and a miniature altar carved in boxwood. The
display in the Special Exibit Room, will emphasise the objects
stimulation of the senses touch, sight and smell as well as recalling
their original purpose as devotional artefacts. Each piece will be placed
in specially designed display cases that recall a Prie Dieu, making the
viewer kneel down in front of the works in order to contemplate them
closely. Magnifying glasses will be provided to allow inspection of the
detailed carving, and the room may also be scented with an authentic
recipe from the period. The display will be accompanied by an illustrated
catalogue by Frits Scholten and Reindert Falkenburg.
Cornelia Parker at the Warburg Institute 28 May - 27 June 1999
The Henry Moore Institute invited Cornelia Parker to make a selection of
works for the Warburg Institute to coincide with their conference
Sensation in History. In many ways Cornelias selection might be seen as a
contribution to that conference, in the voice of one artist, about ways
of representing the five senses, especially in the wake of the initial
sensation. Her works are signs, and souvenirs, but also very much filters
which both lead us back to the original sense and lead us forward as new
works of art. She explains:
The Avoided Object is an ongoing series of small works that function
together as a body. The body is ephemeral, an exquisite corpse composed
of the senses. The works are very quiet visually, but seek to provide a
mental catalyst. The object is often not an object at all, but one
interrupted before it has an identity, or the residue left over from
making one.
This work can be viewed by appointment only. Please contact the Warburg
Institute, tel: 0171 862 8902.
CONFERENCE: Sensation in History 1400 to the present day, Warburg
Institute, 28-29 May 1999
The Henry Moore Institute and the Warburg
Institute have co-organised a conference which will examine the history
and representation of sensation from 1400 to the present. The conference
will include papers by Johannes Röll (`sculpture and the senses'), Frits
Scholten (`Adrian de Vries and tactile traces in sculpture'), Christine
Göttler (`Blind idols that do not bleed: the assault on the senses in
Reformation iconoclasm'), Reindert Falkenburg (`The scent of devotion:
rosaries in Flanders around 1500'), François Quiviger (`Postures and
figures in Renaissance art'), Claudie Balavoine (`Le rôle de la sensation
dans la stratégie emblématique'), Phyllis Pray Bober (`The convivial
Renaissance: culinary principles and practices'), Penelope Curtis (`The
work of Cornelia Parker in the context of contemporary practices'), Stephen
Bann (`Seeing, touching, showing: the interpretation of
seventeenth-century `curiosity for the present day'), Noga Arikha
(`All-daring dust : free will and sensation in the late seventeenth
century'), Constance Classen (`Parisian airs: art and scent in
nineteenth-century France'), Fiona Russell (`Ruskin's over-sensitivity'),
Mark Cousins (`psychoanalysis and sensation'), Briony Fer (`installation
and the assault of sensation'), Jack Goody (`anthropology and the senses),
David Howes (`Freud's nose and Marx's ear : a view from the anthropoly of
the senses').
Admission is free, by advance registration
For further information, contact Mo Collins ([log in to unmask]) at the
Warburg Institute.
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