The fourth in the highly successful series of tours opens at Bristol's City Museum and Art Gallery on Saturday, January 15th. 'The Stuff of Life' explores the meaning of objects in art looks at the development and aims of still life paintings as well as the various roles objects play in art.
 | | Van Gogh's Chair was painted in 1888 |
The exhibition includes paintings from the 16th century to the present day, and includes many masterpieces from the National Gallery's collection. Visitors can see Van Gogh's famous "Chair" paining along with pictures by Cézanne, Chardin and Velazquez and more recent work by Sam Taylor-Wood and Gavin Turk. "We are delighted to be hosting another National Gallery touring exhibition," said Victoria Pirie, deputy head of Bristol's Museums, Galleries and Archives. "The three previous exhibitions, 'Light', 'Paradise' and 'Making Faces' gave visitors from across the region the opportunity to see internationally significant works of art by artists such as Turner, Constable, Renoir, Goya and Monet."
 | | Flowers in a Terracotta Vase, 1736 |
'The Stuff of Life' is part of an on-going partnership between the city's museum, the National Gallery and the Laing Art Gallery in Newcastle upon Tyne, which aims to increase access to great works of art from national collections based in London. The exhibition will be accompanied by a programme of free events, lectures and activities, including: School holiday gallery tours on Monday 14th and Wednesday 16th February and a special Sunday Funday on February 6th with gallery talks, stories and craft activities on the theme of 'objects in pictures' There will also be a series of afternoon talks on Saturdays at 12pm, 1pm, 2pm & 3pm starting on 29 January and continuing throughout the exhibition and a free winter lecture delivered by the National Gallery's fine art curator, Alexander Sturgis, on Wednesday 16th February. The exhibition runs from 15th January until 3rd April at the City Museum and Art Gallery, Queens Road, Bristol. Open daily 10am - 5pm. Admission is free. | 
