Drop in to Tate Exchange to interrogate ideas of substitution, replication, and the role of the artist in both fine art and theatre performance in our afternoon of workshops.
The Art of the Self-Portrait
12.00–15.00
Beginning with your own self-portrait, this workshop will explore which aspects of ourselves we choose to highlight and suppress when we create our own image as an artwork. What do we want to communicate about ourselves and why? How are our self portraits interpreted by others? Do we portray a ‘character’?
We will then go into the gallery to explore some of the self-portraits on display at Tate Modern. Is there truth in a self-portrait? Is there artifice? How can we tell?
Acting self-portraits: Moving from fine art to theatre performance, we will think about whether acting on the stage becomes a kind of moving self-portrait, a fused creation that both ‘is’ and ‘is not’ the actor in this workshop led by Ashley Thorpe. How do we, as viewers, read these fusions as meaningful?
The Art of the Copy
15.00–18.00
Join Georgina Guy and Bryce Lease for a workshop interrogating the art of the copy in the history museum and the art gallery. Looking at a long history of counterfeits, fakes and phonies, you will be set loose in Tate Modern to find what copies are hidden in the permanent collection. What does a fake look like? How can we distinguish the copy from the original? Is the reproduction any less genuine, or might it be even more authentic than the real thing? And what exactly is the ‘real thing’ in art and history? Moving from fake artefacts in Holocaust museums, to prints, re-enactments and photographs in the modern art gallery, see if you fall for the art of the copy.
This event is programmed by Royal Holloway, University of London, a Tate Exchange Associate.
About Royal Holloway, University of London
Royal Holloway, University of London is a community of over 10,000 students and academics committed to fostering creativity and excellence in teaching and research.
Royal Holloway has an emphasis on creative subjects, with outstanding Drama, Theatre & Dance, Media Arts, Music, Modern Languages and Geography.