The National Gallery of Ireland's 2010 Art Studies Course starts on Thursday 14 January (6.30pm) with a talk by Professor Nigel Rolfe on 'The Advent of Modernism and New Art Forms'. Season tickets (€88 for 11 talks) and single tickets (€8.50) are available from the Gallery Shop: 01-663 3518.

Modern art refers to work produced between 1860s-1970s that is usually associated with art in which the traditions of the past were thrown aside in a spirit of experimentation. Artists explored the function of art and employed new ways of seeing and fresh ideas about the nature of materials. A tendency toward abstraction characterized much modern art with more recent artistic production called contemporary or postmodern art. As modernism entered popular culture, many modernists believed that by rejecting tradition they could discover radically new ways of making art and, with increasing urbanization, it could provide a source for ideas to deal with the challenges of the day.

14 January
Welcome, Raymond Keaveney, Director
6.30 The Advent of Modernism and New Art Forms
Professor Nigel Rolfe, Royal College of Art, London

21 January
6.30 Issues of conflict and identity in the work of Jack B. Yeats and Louis Le Brocquy
Dr Róisín Kennedy, University College Dublin

28 January
The Impact of Matisse and Picasso on the New Century
6.30 William Gallagher, Freelance art history lecturer

4 February The Shock of the New: 20th Century Graphic Art
6.30 Dr Angela Griffith, Trinity College Dublin

11 February Modernism in 20th Century Architecture
6.30 Professor Hugh Campbell, University College Dublin

18 February American Abstract Expressionism; Pollock and Rothko
6.30 Janet McLean, National Gallery of Ireland

25 February Modern Irish Sculpture and New Media
6.30 Dr Paula Murphy, University College Dublin

4 March The Influence of Andy Warhol and Pop Art
6.30 Dr Éimear O'Connor, Trinity College Dublin

11 March Modern and Contemporary Irish Art
6.30 Catherine Marshall, Art historian, writer

18 March 20th Century Masters: Francis Bacon, Lucien Freud
6.30 Dr Margarita Cappock, University College Dublin

25 March The Artist Donald Teskey in His Own Words
6.30 Donald Teskey, Artist, Keeper, Royal Hibernian Academy

Tickets & Information
Tickets in advance from the Gallery Shop: 01-663 3518. Season Ticket: €88 for 11 lectures.
Single Ticket: €8.50 per lecture (Concession 10%: Students/ OAP/Unwaged/Registered Disabled/Friends of NGI, proof of status required).
A Certificate of Attendance is provided for those who attend the entire course.
Venue: Lecture Theatre.

Further Enquiries: Education Department, National Gallery of Ireland, Phone 01-6633504