Festivals and Films

Edvard Munch and the Uncanny

From 15 Oct 2009 to 17 Jan 2010

16 October 2009 - 18 January 2010. The uncanny as depicted in art has long fascinated both artist and art-lover. When Francisco de Goya etched 'The Sleep of Reason Brings Forth Monsters' (c.1799) he hit a nerve; one hundred years later Freud wrote 'The Interpretation of Dreams' and a 36 year old Norwegian artist called Edvard Munch painted 'The Scream'. Blessed and cursed by talent and trauma in equal measure, Munch's work is a disturbing fusion of these two dominating forces. Fear and danger leer in the window of Munch's insecure world; death and evil knock continuously at his door. This exhibition highlights the paranoia, the nightmares and the deeply dark side of the artistic imagination.

Wed-Mon: 10.00-18.00