Historical Baggage: Glenn Brown and his sources: British Museum, London
Past exhibition
Solo Exhibitions
A display in the Department of Prints & Drawings at The British Museum features graphic works by Glenn Brown alongside the sources that inspired them.
Brown's early series of layered portraits based on prints by Rembrandt (1606-1669) and Lucian Freud (1922-2011) is contrasted with his new series
Half-Life (2016), a fresh engagement with Rembrandt's graphic oeuvre. The centrepiece, a major new drawing generously donated by the artist, will be
shown alongside the Rembrandt print to which it responds. The display illustrates Brown's stylistic development; moving from appropriating found lines to transforming them as the basis of his unique visual language.
The recent acquisition of works by this contemporary artist allows for new perspectives on the Museum's historical collection, and simultaneously
illuminates our understanding of Brown's process, situating him in a rich tradition of printmaking.
Curated by Isabel Seligman, Bridget Riley Art Foundation curator, Olenka Horbatsch, curator of Northern old master prints and drawings and
Stephen Coppel, Curator of the Modern Collection, Department of Prints and Drawings.
Artworks
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Glenn BrownHalf-Life (after Rembrandt) 1, 2016Etching on paper, Velin Arches 400 gsm76 x 56 cm (29 7/8 x 22 1/8 in) image; 89 x 68 cm (35 x 26 3/4 in) sheetEdition of 35 plus 9AP
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Glenn BrownHalf-Life (after Rembrandt) 2, 2016Etching on paper, Velin Arches 400 gsm76 x 56 cm (29 7/8 x 22 1/8 in) image; 89 x 68 cm (35 x 26 3/4 in) sheetEdition of 35 plus 9AP
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Glenn BrownHalf-Life (after Rembrandt) 3, 2016Etching on paper, Velin Arches 400 gsm76 x 56 cm (29 7/8 x 22 1/8 in) image; 89 x 68 cm (35 x 26 3/4 in) sheetEdition of 35 plus 9AP
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Glenn BrownHalf-Life (after Rembrandt) 4, 2016Etching on paper, Velin Arches 400 gsm76 x 56 cm (29 7/8 x 22 1/8 in) image; 89 x 68 cm (35 x 26 3/4 in) sheetEdition of 35 plus 9AP
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Glenn BrownHalf-Life (after Rembrandt) 5, 2016Etching on paper, Velin Arches 400 gsm76 x 56 cm (29 7/8 x 22 1/8 in) image; 89 x 68 cm (35 x 26 3/4 in) sheetEdition of 35 plus 9AP
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Glenn BrownHalf-Life (after Rembrandt) 6, 2016Etching on paper, Velin Arches 400 gsm76 x 56 cm (29 7/8 x 22 1/8 in) image; 89 x 68 cm (35 x 26 3/4 in) sheetEdition of 35 plus 9AP
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Glenn BrownChildren of the Revolution (after Rembrandt), 2017Indian ink and acrylic on polyester film, over cardboard96.4 x 57.4 cm (38 x 22 5/8 in) (rounded top corners) sheet size
108.5 × 70.5 × 5.5 cm (42 3/4 × 27 3/4 × 2 1/8 inches) framed size -
Glenn BrownLayered Portrait (after Lucian Freud) 7, 2008Etching on Paper Somerset 300 gsm textured78.0 x 61.7 cm (image) 94.0 x 75.0 cm (sheet) 2 part seriesedition of 30 plus 5 artist's proofs
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Glenn BrownLayered Portrait (after Lucian Freud) 8, 2008Etching on Paper Somerset 300 gsm textured77.3 x 60.5 cm (image) 94.0 x 75.0 cm (sheet) 2 part seriesedition of 30 plus 5 artist's proofs
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Glenn BrownLayered Portraits (after Rembrandt) 5, 2008Etching on paper, Velin Arches 300 gsm17.8 x 13.8 cm (7 1/8 x 5 3/8 in) image; 35.5 x 29 cm (14 x 11 3/8 in) sheet, 6 part seriesedition of 30 plus 5 artist's proofs