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The Art of Looking - How to look slowly at Impressionsm
Craig y Don Community Centre, Queens Road, Llandudno, Conwy LL30 1TE
Tuesday 14 May 2024
Doors open at 1.30 p.m. Presentation starts at 2.15 p.m.
Refreshments available.
Visitors pay £8.00
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The Art of Looking - How to look slowly at Impressionsm
Tuesday 14 May 2024
The 10th May 2023 marks the 200th anniversary of the opening to the public of the National Gallery, London. Looking slowly at an impressionist painting is to engage with the idea of seeing a moment which in lived existence might pass unnoticed, but one which the artist was keen to represent to produce visual pleasure. In order to appreciate the artist’s work, we need to look slowly. Touches of paint, punctuation of colour and varied textures come alive with sustained looking.
Since completing an MA at University College London (UCL) in the History of Art: Modernism and the Politics of Representation (1997), Joanne Rhymer has been employed in various roles at the National Gallery including Adult Learning Officer and the Head of Adult Learning Programmes.
The 10th May 2023 marks the 200th anniversary of the opening to the public of the National Gallery, London. Looking slowly at an impressionist painting is to engage with the idea of seeing a moment which in lived existence might pass unnoticed, but one which the artist was keen to represent to produce visual pleasure. In order to appreciate the artist’s work, we need to look slowly. Touches of paint, punctuation of colour and varied textures come alive with sustained looking.
Since completing an MA at University College London (UCL) in the History of Art: Modernism and the Politics of Representation (1997), Joanne Rhymer has been employed in various roles at the National Gallery including Adult Learning Officer and the Head of Adult Learning Programmes.