UNIVERSITY
of DERBY
International artist donates picture to derby
Contemporary
artist Julian Broadhurst has donated his recent piece Tiepolo & The Rape
of Europa to the University of Derby.
Originally
from Derby, Julian has worked nationally and internationally, but it has been
nearly 10 years since he last
exhibited in his ‘home town’.
The
donation was originally created for an exhibition in London’s ‘Luke & A’
Gallery, based on the Greek myth, The
Rape of Europa, and curated by Megakles Rogakos of Tate Modern.
He says: “I was looking for a permanent home for the piece
and wanted a prestigious public space.
I was considering a number of places when a friend said ‘what about the
University? It is a public space and it
has gorgeous architecture. So I thought
‘why not? I have a long association with the University and have a lot of friends here. I support the University, so it is right for
me to give the University the work.”
The piece
itself, six feet by four feet in size, is an ink print on a laminate panel. The
picture is a geometric pattern of interlacing lines and circles set over a
series of compressed multiple images like parallel bars
He says:
“I have a passion for ‘Op. Art’, with parallel lines and the use of stark black
on white. I like to make it difficult
for the viewer to take in the whole picture at once.
“The piece
presents multiple possible readings and can be conflicting and unsettling. It is sufficient to convey the turmoil,
restlessness and struggle of Zeus’ rape of the Princess Europa in the Greek
myth, without having to actually represent it, and give up my cherished
abstraction”.
Broadhurst’s Tiepolo & The Rape of Europa is now installed in the University library at the Kedleston Road campus. There will be a formal presentation of the piece to the University on Thursday July 8 at 10.30am.
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