Turner's 'The Fighting Temeraire' at the Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne
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Founded in 1901, the Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne, holds regularly changing exhibitions of historic, modern, and contemporary art, as well as events including artist and curator talks and family activities.
The gallery today is home to an internationally important collection of art, focusing on British oil paintings, watercolours, ceramics, silver, and glassware.
The Laing Art Gallery will be mounting a major exhibition with 'The Fighting Temeraire' as the centrepiece.
The exhibition will explore themes of industry and nostalgia, with education and outreach workshops contributing to an intergenerational project thinking about memory and heritage.
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Audio description of Turner's 'The Fighting Temeraire'
Curator's introduction to Turner's 'The Fighting Temeraire'
Stop 1, Turner in Newcastle
Turner’s famous painting of an ageing warship on the Thames is introduced by Lizzie Jacklin, Keeper of Art at the Laing Art Gallery in Newcastle. She transports us to Turner’s time, when Newcastle was at the heart of the industrial revolution, producing ships and sending coal to London to power ships on the Thames.Stop 2, Turner in Newcastle
Lizzie Jacklin walks us through the Laing Art Gallery’s exhibition. Centered around Turner’s painting, it takes us from industrial landscapes and shipbuilding in the North East, to Turner’s glorious farewell to a famous ship - a brilliant sunset. We feel the nostalgia as we are immersed in a exhibition which celebrates the legacy of shipbuilding.Stop 3, Turner in Newcastle
This exhibition in Newcastle is making connections between generations. We’re brought into an intergenerational project, showing younger people how shipbuilding and industry once shaped the city they call home. Joy Youngman, Learning Officer for the Laying Art Gallery in Newcastle and the Shipley Art Gallery in Gateshead, immerses us in the exhibition’s creative learning programme.Stop 4, Turner in Newcastle
We’re drawn into industrial landscapes through the infrared photographs of Paul Dolan. Paul is one of the featured artists in the exhibition; his work connects industrial relics with new energy projects. He’s an artist based in Newcastle and assistant professor in the art department at Northumbria University, and he reflects on how his work connects with the industrial world which Turner was depicting. A National Gallery audio guide produced by Mike Rucinski and Melvin Rickarby at Boutique Recording. Producer for the National Gallery: Lily Middleton.