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Silent Partners - The Open College of the Arts

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Silent Partners

Join Annabel Dover on the 24 January to visit the Fitzwilliam Museum. We will be looking at the Silent Partners exhibition.
It is a ground-breaking exhibition devoted to the artist’s mannequin, that uncovers its playful, uncanny – and sometimes disturbing – history from the Renaissance to the present-day.
It will feature over 180 paintings, drawings, books and photographs as well as fashion dolls, trade catalogues, a series of extraordinary patent documents and videos. But among the most striking and fascinating exhibits in Silent Partners will be the mannequins themselves: from beautifully carved 16th century small-scale figurines to haunting wooden effigies, painted dolls of full human height and top-of-the range ‘stuffed Parisian’ lay figures that were sought after by artists throughout Europe.

To book your place email enquiries@oca-uk.com
Featured Image: Heinrich von Rustige (1810–1900), The Farmer in the Artist’s Studio, c. 1839 Oil on canvas, 60 x 50 cm Stiftung Sammlung Volmer, Wuppertal


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