PREVIEW: Keith Vaughan exhibition and events at Brighton Museum

There are a variety of events exploring the work of Keith Vaughan at Brighton Museum this summer.

What: Keith Vaughan – A Volatile Medium

When: June 10 – November 9 2014,

Where: Brighton Museum & Art Gallery, Prints & Drawings Gallery

Cost: Free admission

This display explores the British artist Keith Vaughan’s final fifteen years of creativity, focusing on his work in gouache, a technique he described as “a volatile medium”. This was a period of pictorial experiment for Vaughan, when gouaches were an important part of his creative output. The gouaches of male figures will be displayed together with his drawings, photographs and extras from his diaries.

The display has been curated by Dr. Darren Clarke and Jenny Lund.

Keith Vaughan, Two Interlinked Figures, 1965. Gifted to the Royal Pavilion & Museums through the Contemporary Art Society, as a bequest from Dr. Ronald Lande, in memory of his life partner Walter Urech, 2012. ©The Estate of Keith Vaughan

Events:

What: Keith Vaughan Gallery Tour

Where: Brighton Museum & Art Gallery, Prints & Drawings Gallery

When: Saturday, June 14, 2.30-3.30pm

Cost: Free admission

Join the curator Jenny Lund for a tour of the exhibition

Images of the nude male are, even today, subject to censorship by galleries, auction houses and museums. Gerard Hastings, author of Keith Vaughan: The Photographs, will be giving an illustrated talk on recently discovered photographs of the male nude by the British artist Keith Vaughan. These will be placed into the context of his work as a painter and discussed alongside his erotic paintings, deemed unexhibitable by the art world.

What: Keith Vaughan: The Male Nude, Censorship and the Camera

Where: Brighton Museum & Art Gallery, Education Pavilion

When: Saturday, July 26, 2.30-3.30pm

Cost: £5, members £4, book in advance

What: Hello Sailor!

Where: Brighton Museum & Art Gallery, the Fine Art Galleries, the South Balcony & the Education Rooms

When: Saturday July 26: 11.30am-3.30pm

Cost: Free, drop-in. Over 16s only

Start your Pride week by exploring the male figure in Keith Vaughan’s work through tantalising activities including life drawing and collage making.

Keith Vaughan, Back View of a Sailor, c1950s. Bequeathed to the Royal Pavilion & Museums by Graham Loder in November 2008

Co-author of Keith Vaughan: The Mature Oils, 1946-1977, Ian Massey will explore the technical and stylistic development of Keith Vaughan’s work, with particular reference to the subject of the male nude in landscape and his use of gouache.

What: Keith Vaughan: The Spontaneous Image

Where: Brighton Museum & Art Gallery, Education Pavilion

When: Sunday, August 3, 2.30-3.30pm

Cost: £5, members £4, book in advance