Free in-person workshop with The Courtauld Young People’s Programme
Suitable for ages 16-18
Booking is essential due to popular demand
Why were the artworks created by artist Paul Gauguin (1848-1903) so radical during his lifetime and important for the art that came next?
How do Gauguin’s artworks help contemporary artists and art historians generate conversations around difficult histories concerning colonialism, race and gender, and allow for the production of new meanings?
Join art historian Fran Herrick, printmaker Helen Higgins and Associate Curator for Works on Paper at The Courtauld, Dr Rachel Sloan to explore Gauguin as artist rebel, focusing on the last decade of his life when he travelled to French Polynesia in the South Pacific to reinvent both his art and arguably his own self-identity.
Explore his paintings, prints, drawings and writings to gain deeper insight into the context and contradictions behind the myth of Gauguin. The Courtauld Collection is particularly strong for Gauguin artworks. We will visit the Prints and Drawings Study Room to focus on Avant et après (Before and after), his final manuscript / manifesto made on the island of Hiva Oa in the Marquesas during the last months of his life.
In the afternoon we will explore Gauguin’s bricolage approach, which consciously combined different narratives and perspectives through a mixture of text, his own artworks, and repurposed images. This will provide inspiration for a practical printmaking session, where you can get involved in creating your own experimental prints.
All materials provided. Book now, to be the first to test out our brand-new printing press!
Our Gauguin: Artist and Rebel workshop will take place in-person (at the Courtauld Gallery) on Saturday 2 March 2024 and will be led by art historian Fran Herrick, printmaker Helen Higgins. Booking is essential due to popular demand.