Tate will hold an exhibition about the ideological vandalism over the past 500 years
The original exhibition project planned Tate Modern in the fall of 2013: the audience will show the works of British art, corrupted by religious, political and other reasons in the past 500 years
Sculpture dead Christ, damaged by radical Protestants in the XVI century
Source: bbc.co.uk
Tate Modern, London ,
October 2, 2013 - January 5, 2014
original exhibition project planned Tate Modern in the fall of 2013: the audience will show the works of British art, corrupted by religious, political or other ideological reasons in the past 500 years. The exhibition "Art under attack: the history of British" iconoclasm "" will be held from October 2, 2013 to January 5, 2014.
One of the main exhibits will be dead Christ Catholic sculpture (about 1500-1520 ), damaged by radical Protestants in the XVI century. We split off statues crown of thorns, his hands and feet. The sculpture was found in 1954 under the floor of the chapel in central London, where she was most likely buried to protect it from further damage.
The exhibition will also include fragments of the statue of William III and Nelson's Column in Dublin destroyed during the anti-British speeches in 1928 and 1966. Another example of the ideological struggle through art - a portrait of Oliver Cromwell, hung upside down a staunch monarchist, Prince Frederick Duleep Singh (1868-1926).
Two selected for the exhibition, the paintings once were attacked by the suffragettes: the "Delphic Sibyl" by Edward Burne-Jones, was attacked in the Manchester Gallery in 1913, and "Portrait of Henry James "John Singer Sargent hand, damaged at the Royal Academy in 1914.
exhibition, which has long been preparing for the curators, unfortunately, proved to be more than relevant: the last time in Britain, cases of assault for works of art. Last year vandal inscribed in black marker on the picture of Mark Rothko . This summer, separated from her son's father in protest pasted on canvas "hay" by John Constable's picture of his son - managed to take a picture without damaging the priceless canvas.
Prepared by Mary Onuchina, AI
Sources : bbc.co.uk , reuters.com , artinvestment.ru
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