Apocalypse: Beauty and Horror in Contemporary Art.ROYAL ACADEMY OF ARTS Royal Academy of Arts, London, the national academy of art of England, founded in 1768 by George III at the instigation of Sir William Chambers and Benjamin West. Sir Joshua Reynolds was the Academy's first president, holding the office until his death in 1792. With attendance soaring and profits through the roof, 1999 was a boom year at the Royal Academy. Wedding the spectacular and the controversial, Exhibitions Secretary Norman Rosenthal's "Apocalypse" ought to sustain the upward trend. Individual spaces will be given over to each of the show's thirteen exhibitors in this reworking of motifs from--saints preserve us!--the Book of Revelations. Artists include Mariko Mori Mariko Mori (森万里子, Mori Mariko, b. 1967 in Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese video and photographic artist. While studying at Bunka Fashion College, she worked as a fashion model in the late 1980s. , Mike Kelley, and Jeff Koons; the Chapman Brothers' giant swastika assembled from tiny figures will revisit their "Horrors of War" theme, and Maurizio Cattelan will show his recent sculpture La Nona Ora (Pope John Paul II Pope John Paul II (Latin: Ioannes Paulus PP. II, Italian: Giovanni Paolo II, Polish: Jan Paweł II) born Karol Józef Wojtyła hit by a meteorite meteorite, meteor that survives the intense heat of atmospheric friction and reaches the earth's surface. Because of the destructive effects of this friction, only the very largest meteors become meteorites. ). Let's hope the RA's lightning rods are in good working order. Sept. 23-Dec. 15. |
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