These are held on Friday lunchtimes, starting at 12.30pm, they last for half an hour, and are often run by Curator Sophie Cummings. The subject of the talk held last Friday, attended by approximately 20 people, was the Art & Conflict exhibition which looks at how artists have depicted peace and conflict in their art. Sophie picked out various paintings and talked about them, revealing interesting facts about the artists on the way.
Above, Sophie began by talking to people about how the Swindon Collection was started, and then talked about the fact that the pink book published by Thamesdown Borough Council in 1991 has three sections, the first catalogues the most prestigious artists, then there's a second section for the less well thought of artists and finally a list of other artists and their artworks with no descriptions at the very end of the book. The painting below 'Tower Bridge, London- A War-time Nocturne by Sir Claude Francis Barry is included in the second part of the book, although now we think of it as a much loved work.
Below Sophie is looking at and talking about these two works by Ian Hamilton Finlay
There are lunchtime events for the next three Fridays:
Join our curator to explore Swindon’s collection of Prisoner of War
postcards. During World War I, many soldiers were held as prisoners of
war at camps in Germany
Friday, 2 November | 12.30 pm -
1.00 pm
Join our curator for a free lunchtime tour of the new exhibition
“Cicatrix”. Cicatrix is a contemporary art project incorporating
drawing, films and installation. It explores the scars of World War I on
the landscape, people and psyche of Wiltshire.
Join our curator for a free lunchtime tour of our Art and Conflict
exhibition. Discover how artists have depicted peace and conflict in
their art while learning more about Swindon’s remarkable collection of
modern British art.
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