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false impressions? curators:

Rachel Brown
Jane Fisher
Eva Grosser
Philippa Little
Hannah McLeod
Alison Wallis

We have curated false impressions? as part of our Masters Gallery Studies course at the University of Essex. Our joint interest in contemporary art led us to explore the ongoing debate surrounding originality in art. Curating false impressions? has gained us hands on experience in organising all parts of an exhibition, part of which you see on this web site! We all look forward to working in museums and galleries in the future.

our artistic interests

»I am fascinated in the art and architecture of Pre-Columbian America. Having written my final year dissertation on this subject, I hope to one-day travel to Mexico and Peru and experience these fascinating countries at first hand. I am also interested in twentieth century and contemporary Mexican art. My favourite gallery is the National Portrait Gallery!«

Rachel Brown

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»I come from a fairly traditional art historic background and my main areas of study were in early Renaissance art and twentieth century architecture. I'm very interested in reading visual art through other disciplines such as psychoanalysis and feminism and I love artists with intense emotional lives that come through in their art like Francis Bacon and William Blake! I'm also passionate about contemporary art and this is the area in which I hope to curate.«

Jane Fisher

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»How does one combine politics and art? The possibility I see is in the cultural field. Ideally I see myself working in an environment that brings different cultures closer together through the exchange of art and ideas. Curating both, the ideas as well as the arts, is what I would like to do.«

Eva Grosser

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»I particularly like to look at the meanings of art in a wider context. Contemporary art and its interaction with society and how we can interpret this as a reflection of our culture is an aspect that I am interested in.«

Pippa Little

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»My main interests lie in contemporary and modern art, especially the Chapman brothers, Marlene Dumas and Rothko. I practised Fine Art Printmaking on my BA, in particular I became fond of etching and lithography, but on discovering that I was not a very good artist, I decided to do an MA in Gallery Studies to learn how to display work by people who were talented artists. After this course I plan to pursue a career in a modern art gallery in any of the big cities and become a successful curator and breeder of short haired dachshunds.«

Hannah McLeod

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»After my printmaking degree I took a year out to pursue my grand ideas of becoming a curator, but impatience took over and I decided to do an MA in gallery studies as a way of speeding up the process and the gain of all the knowledge I would need to survive in the art world! I would like to continue practicing printmaking, but my goal at the moment is to concentrate on curating with an emphasis on education and introducing children to the arts outside of the classroom.«

Alison Wallis

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