ANCIENT GREECE: Mind, body and soul
British Museum
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In 2015 I was hired by the British Museum to participate in the events organized as part of the exhibition “Defining Beauy” curated by Ian Jenkins.
During the months of March, April and May, I made three trips to London to draw at the exhibition and at the Duveen Gallery, where the famous Parthenon frieze is kept. The aim of the project was to create new and autonomous artworks that would represent a dialogue between the present and the past, allowing visitors to contemplate the process of vivification in real time.
The project resulted in a series of drawings made from life in front of the millenary works of art, some of which had been illuminated and moved to the exhibition from their usual location for the first time in 50 years. This allowed me to enjoy the intimacy of early morning access to the exhibition before visitors entered.
Beyond mere illustration, I intended to represent the strength and energy that these ancient marbles evoked.
Finally, a demonstration was held outside the exhibition, in front of the frieze, while the curator and friend Ian Jenkins gave a lecture on the meaning of it. Some drawings were shown in the same room, while others were exhibited in the showcase in the adjacent room where they remained for 2 weeks. The experience allowed me an intimate and privileged contact with Greek art, which I had been studying since my first project at the British Museum together with the University of Barcelona.
