Blog

Date/Time

Date(s) – 31/03/2017
5:30 pm – 8:30 pm

Location

British Museum

Categories
No Categories

The John Adams Society is delighted to be able to announce an exclusive evening event at the British Museum on Friday 31 March to see the new exhibition : American Dream – Pop to the present’. This exhibition presents the Museum’s outstanding collection of modern and contemporary American prints for the first time. These will be shown with important works from museums and private collections around the world. The past six decades have been among the most dynamic and turbulent in US history, from JFK’s assassination, Apollo 11 and Vietnam to the AIDS crisis, racism and gender politics. Responding to the changing times, American artists have produced prints unprecedented in their scale and ambition. Starting with the explosion of pop art in the 1960s, the exhibition includes works by the most celebrated American artists. From Andy Warhol, Jasper Johns and Robert Rauschenberg to Ed Ruscha, Kara Walker and Julie Mehretu – all boldly experimented with printmaking. Experience this extraordinary history through their eyes. Taking inspiration from the world around them – billboard advertising, global politics, Hollywood and household objects – American artists created highly original prints to rival their paintings and sculptures. Printmaking brought their work to a much wider and more diverse audience. The sheer inventiveness and technical ingenuity of their prints reflects America’s power and influence during this period. Many of these works also address the deep divisions in society that continue to resonate with us today – there are as many American dreams as there are Americans. JAS has arranged a special group visit with the British Museum and we will need to confirm numbers on Friday 17 March which is when registration for this event will close. The format for our visit is: 17.30 – Our exclusive JAS group arrives via the CEC East Foyer and Sackler Rooms where refreshments will be served. 18.00 – The Curator will give a lecture introducing the range, context and highlights of the exhibition. 19.00 – The JAS group will enter the American Dream exhibition. 20.30 – Exhibition and British Museum closes. Tickets for this special event are: • £30 for JAS members and Embassy staff members; and • £35 for guests Please book by Thursday 16 March to guarantee your place(s). More information on the exhibition be found at: http://americandreamexhibition.org/ Questions?  Please contact JAS Vice Chairman, Joe Dilger on 0774 709 6017 / dilgerjoe558@gmail.com

Bookings