Vanessa Stone
Cutting the curve: crafting the classical body
Mon 18 January 2016 - Thu 25 February 2016
Museum of Classical Archaeology
Cut-paper artist Vanessa Stone explores the classical body – its S-curves and rippled muscles, its profiles and rear-views – in this exhibition of custom-made and unique artworks inspired by Greek and Roman sculptures in the Museum's Cast Gallery.
"There is something magical about these casts, something just so beautiful about the line of a shoulder, the curve of an arm and the subtle silhouette of a Greek head in profile.
My blade has almost been asking me to cut these lines - to capture them in the simplicity of cut paper."
The pieces in this exhibition are ones that Vanessa Stone has wanted make for many years, collages that translate these casts into layered paper collage. Vanessa uses a scalpel to draw into surface of a piece of paper, cutting away the negative space to bring out the dominant line or shape of the sculptures. She then layers from behind and cuts into those layers and so the process continues. She reduces the casts to abstracted forms, trying to capture the essence of their form and line, and the same sense of balance and sense of presence that the casts carry intrinsically.
Cost: Free
Enquiries and booking
No need to book.
Enquiries: Front of house Website Email: museum@classics.cam.ac.uk Telephone: (01223) 330402
Timing
10:00am-5:00pm on weekdays from Monday 18 January 2016 until Thursday 25 February 2016
10:00am-1:00pm Saturday every week from Saturday 23 January 2016 until Saturday 20 February 2016
All times
Mon 18 January 2016 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Tue 19 January 2016 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Wed 20 January 2016 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Thu 21 January 2016 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Fri 22 January 2016 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sat 23 January 2016 | 10:00AM - 1:00PM |
Mon 25 January 2016 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Tue 26 January 2016 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Wed 27 January 2016 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Thu 28 January 2016 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Fri 29 January 2016 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sat 30 January 2016 | 10:00AM - 1:00PM |
Mon 1 February 2016 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Tue 2 February 2016 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Wed 3 February 2016 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Thu 4 February 2016 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Fri 5 February 2016 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sat 6 February 2016 | 10:00AM - 1:00PM |
Mon 8 February 2016 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Tue 9 February 2016 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Wed 10 February 2016 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Thu 11 February 2016 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Fri 12 February 2016 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sat 13 February 2016 | 10:00AM - 1:00PM |
Mon 15 February 2016 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Tue 16 February 2016 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Wed 17 February 2016 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Thu 18 February 2016 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Fri 19 February 2016 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sat 20 February 2016 | 10:00AM - 1:00PM |
Mon 22 February 2016 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Tue 23 February 2016 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Wed 24 February 2016 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Thu 25 February 2016 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Venue
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