The Hove Museum Fine Art Gallery Shows Paintings of the Five Senses

Written by Stephanie Cornwall Friday, 15 July 2011 00:39

Brighton, UK.- The Hove Museum Fine Art Gallery is pleased to present "The Five Senses: Paintings from the Fine Art collection", on view through March 1st 2012. The Five Senses is a family-friendly display that explores the variety of ways sensory experiences are portrayed in the visual arts. The display is based on works from the Fine Art collection and is accompanied by interactive materials. How would you paint the smell of roses? How does an artist suggest the softness of a rabbit? Can we ‘see’ the taste of walnuts? This small family-friendly display explores the variety of ways sensory experiences are portrayed in the visual arts.

The display centre’s around paintings from the Royal Pavilion & Museums Fine Art Collection, in particular a set of paintings by David Teniers the Younger from the 17th Century depicting each of the Five Senses - hearing, sight, smell, taste and touch. These paintings are accompanied by a selection of other paintings that attempt to portray or evoke the senses. While all the works on show rely on just one sense – sight – they invite the viewer to associate the experience of looking with all the other senses. From 25 July, the exhibition will be supplemented by a free booklet that invites children to playfully explore the paintings with sense spotting, word searching, investigative drawing and matching games. The display compliments the Five Senses curriculum currently taught in most nurseries and primary schools throughout the UK.

Part of the Brighton Royal Pavillion and Museums, the Hove Museum & Art Gallery is a handsome, late 19th century Italianate Victorian villa originally called Brooker Hall. It was designed by architect Thomas Lainson and built for John Oliver Vallance. John Oliver died in 1893 and his widow continued to live in the villa until 1913. During the World War I the building was used to house German prisoners of war. In 1926 it was purchased by Hove Corporation and opened as a public museum in 1927. In the grounds of Hove Museum stands the Jaipur Gate.  It was originally made for the Colonial and Indian Exhibition of 1886 in London and has stood in the grounds since 1926.  The gateway formed the entry to the Rajputana (now Rajasthan) section of the exhibition and the Maharaja of Jaipur paid for its construction. The gate was dismantled in 2004 for specialist conservation and restoration work and has now been returned complete with a new copper and lead dome roof. Thanks to both public and private funding Hove Museum underwent a major refurbishment in 2003. It is now one of the most family friendly and accessible museums in the south east. Part of the redevelopment programme involved working with local artists and community groups to create unique commissions for the museum. These include decorative metal railings, gallery seating and an unusual panel in the lift interior. Alongside significant collections of toys, pioneering film ephemera, local history and fine art displays, Hove Museum boasts one of the finest craft collections in the country. The museum regularly showcases the work of local and national contemporary makers. Visit the museum's website at ... http://www.brighton-hove-rpml.org.uk/Museums/brightonmuseum

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