A Mainstay of the Bloomsbury Group, With a Show of Her Own 2024展。 1932年，歷史學家肯尼斯·克拉克委託藝術家瓦妮莎·貝爾和鄧肯·格蘭特製作一套陶瓷餐具。但他收到的卻是別出心裁的作品：48個盤子，每個盤子上都繪有一位著名女性的肖像，從示巴女王到葛麗泰·嘉寶，應有盡有。 （另有兩件印有藝術家肖像。In 1932, the historian Kenneth Clark commissioned a ceramic dinner service from the artists Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant.）

 

布魯姆斯伯里團體的中流砥柱，如今舉辦個人展覽

人們常常記住瓦妮莎·貝爾是因為她營造的藝術氛圍，但一場新的展覽則展現了她作為一位開創性藝術家的卓越才華。明亮的房間一角，擺放著繪畫和家具。

「瓦妮莎貝爾：形式與色彩的世界」展出了超過150件藝術作品，包括一些難得一見的繪畫作品，以及陶瓷、家具和紡織品。圖片來源：羅伯哈里斯

作者：羅絲琳‧蘇爾卡斯

英國米爾頓凱恩斯報道

發佈於2024年11月8日

1932年，歷史學家肯尼斯·克拉克委託藝術家瓦妮莎·貝爾和鄧肯·格蘭特製作一套陶瓷餐具。但他收到的卻是別出心裁的作品：48個盤子，每個盤子上都繪有一位著名女性的肖像，從示巴女王到葛麗泰·嘉寶，應有盡有。 （另有兩件印有藝術家肖像。）

「名媛餐具」是米爾頓凱恩斯MK畫廊正在展出的「瓦妮莎貝爾：形式與色彩的世界」展覽的核心展品，展覽將持續至2月23日。

「這是20世紀最偉大的女性主義藝術作品之一，」MK畫廊總監安東尼·斯皮拉說道，他與展覽主管費伊·布蘭查德共同策劃了此次展覽。 “我們熟知朱迪·芝加哥的《晚宴》，但這件作品卻鮮為人知。”

A Mainstay of the Bloomsbury Group, With a Show of Her Own

Vanessa Bell is often best remembered for the creative milieu she cultivated, but a new exhibition of her work makes a case for her as a groundbreaking artist.
“Vanessa Bell: A World of Form and Color” features more than 150 artworks, including rarely seen paintings as well as ceramics, furniture and textiles.Credit...Rob Harris


By Roslyn Sulcas


Reporting from Milton Keynes, England
Published Nov. 8, 2024Updated Nov. 13, 2024


In 1932, the historian Kenneth Clark commissioned a ceramic dinner service from the artists Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant. But he got something different: 48 plates, each painted with a portrait of a famous woman, from the Queen of Sheba to Greta Garbo. (Plus two bearing the images of the artists.)

The “Famous Women Dinner Service” is a central feature of the exhibition “Vanessa Bell, a World of Form and Color” at MK Gallery in Milton Keynes through Feb. 23.

“It’s one of the great works of feminist art of the 20th century,” said Anthony Spira, the director of MK Gallery, who co-curated the exhibition with the head of exhibitions, Fay Blanchard. “We are familiar with Judy Chicago’s ‘Dinner Party,’ but this is hardly known.”