Mária Bartuszová Major New Exhibition at Tate Modern
Season 1, Episode 1430, Oct 19, 2022, 09:00 AM
We now join RNIB Connect Radio’s Toby Davey on a visit to Tate Modern on London’s Bankside to explore a new major exhibition of the work of Prague-born Slovak artist and Sculptor Mária Bartuszová with Juliet Bingham the Curator of this new major exhibition of Mária’s work.
This new exhibition brings many of Mária Bartuszová’s work together for the first time in one place and some that have not been on display in the UK before as well as some of Mária’s work which she used in workshops with visually impaired children in the 1970s and 1980s.
Juliet began by telling Toby about Mária’s life and work, before explaining about the inspiration for her work which includes the use of natural forms found in nature and the human form, how Mária used plaster in her work in a very tactile way too.
Then Juliet talked about the workshops that Mária ran with visually impaired children, using her sculptures to allow the children to explore their forms and structure through touch and exploration.
Juliet ended by sharing with Toby three examples of Mária’s work that are on display in the exhibition that are both her favourites and ones that Juliet would recommend visitors to see that showcases the breadth of Mária’s work and how her work is inspiring artist and sculptors today.
The Mária Bartuszová exhibition runs at Tate Modern until 16 April 2023 and audio described guided tours by members of Tate staff can be booked by either emailing hello@Tate.org.uk or calling 020 7887 8888 and there is also a guide for visually impaired visitors that can be downloaded from the Tate website too.
More details about the Mária Bártuszova exhibition at Tate modern can be found by visiting the following pages of the Tate website-
https://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-modern/maria-bartuszova
(Image shows: 'Untitled' (1985) © Tate (Joe Humphrys) one of Bartuszová's works resembling different sized broken egg shells stuck together. There is a woman in the foreground of the photo facing away from the camera, towards the sculpture)
This new exhibition brings many of Mária Bartuszová’s work together for the first time in one place and some that have not been on display in the UK before as well as some of Mária’s work which she used in workshops with visually impaired children in the 1970s and 1980s.
Juliet began by telling Toby about Mária’s life and work, before explaining about the inspiration for her work which includes the use of natural forms found in nature and the human form, how Mária used plaster in her work in a very tactile way too.
Then Juliet talked about the workshops that Mária ran with visually impaired children, using her sculptures to allow the children to explore their forms and structure through touch and exploration.
Juliet ended by sharing with Toby three examples of Mária’s work that are on display in the exhibition that are both her favourites and ones that Juliet would recommend visitors to see that showcases the breadth of Mária’s work and how her work is inspiring artist and sculptors today.
The Mária Bartuszová exhibition runs at Tate Modern until 16 April 2023 and audio described guided tours by members of Tate staff can be booked by either emailing hello@Tate.org.uk or calling 020 7887 8888 and there is also a guide for visually impaired visitors that can be downloaded from the Tate website too.
More details about the Mária Bártuszova exhibition at Tate modern can be found by visiting the following pages of the Tate website-
https://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-modern/maria-bartuszova
(Image shows: 'Untitled' (1985) © Tate (Joe Humphrys) one of Bartuszová's works resembling different sized broken egg shells stuck together. There is a woman in the foreground of the photo facing away from the camera, towards the sculpture)