Episode 5: Klimt/ Schiele at the Royal Academy: should an artist’s immoral life choices affect our viewing of their work, and what is the difference between art and pornography? Discussed by Laura Lennard, Caz Murray & Vikki Kosmalska.
One hundred years on from the deaths of two giants of Viennese art, Gustav Klimt and Egon Schiele, the RA brings rare works on paper by both these artists to London: an exhibition that Laura in particular has been ridiculously excited about!
But both artists were famed for their eroticism and for their focus on the female nude, and both have elements in their biography that are uncomfortable for any 21st century feminist. As you can imagine, this gave us lots of talking points. Including: the representation of women; female sexuality; difficult artist biographies; the difference between art and pornography; and the moral obligations of our art institutions.
With all that in mind, are we still allowed to love the artworks?
Let us know what you think, hellotheartcast@gmail.com and instagram @theartcast.
As always special thanks to Nat Witts for our awesome jingle and to Jonny Lennard, our long-suffering editor.
Episode 5: Klimt/ Schiele at the Royal Academy: should an artist’s immoral life choices affect our viewing of their work, and what is the difference between art and pornography? Discussed by Laura Lennard, Caz Murray & Vikki Kosmalska.
One hundred years on from the deaths of two giants of Viennese art, Gustav Klimt and Egon Schiele, the RA brings rare works on paper by both these artists to London: an exhibition that Laura in particular has been ridiculously excited about!
But both artists were famed for their eroticism and for their focus on the female nude, and both have elements in their biography that are uncomfortable for any 21st century feminist. As you can imagine, this gave us lots of talking points. Including: the representation of women; female sexuality; difficult artist biographies; the difference between art and pornography; and the moral obligations of our art institutions.
With all that in mind, are we still allowed to love the artworks?
Let us know what you think, hellotheartcast@gmail.com and instagram @theartcast.
As always special thanks to Nat Witts for our awesome jingle and to Jonny Lennard, our long-suffering editor.