Friday 25 April 2008, 10.00–17.45

As part of the programme of events organised for the Modern Painters exhibition, this is the first symposium solely dedicated to the Camden Town Group. The social and art historical contexts of the Group are examined, particularly modernity, modern environments and class. The materiality of their work is also discussed, with reference to conservation, research and market value.

10.00 - 10.15	Registration
10.15 - 10.35	Camden Town Problems. Robert Upstone
10.35 - 11.05	A Class Act: the Camden Town Group and social history. Nicola Moorby
11.05 - 11.20	Camden Town to Garden City: the Letchworth connection. Rosamond Allwood.
11.20 - 11.50	Tea
11.50 - 12.20	Walter Sickert and Roger Fry: 'Alight Here for Whiteley's'. Caroline Arscott
12.20 - 12.50	Camden Town Painting Techniques: Colour and Form. Stephen Hackney
12.50 - 13.20	Drawing and the Camden Town Ethos. Alistair Smith
13.20 - 13.30	Questions
13.30 - 14.30	Lunch
14.30 - 15.00	Harold Gilman and Post-Impasto-ism. David Fraser Jenkins
15.00 - 15.30	'The plastic arts are gross arts, dealing joyously with gross material facts': Camden Town and its legacy in twentieth-century British art. James Beechey
15.30 - 16.00	Tea
16.00 - 16.45	Writing in Paint: Parallel Strategies in the Imploding City. Iain Sinclair
16.45	Discussion and questions with Rosamond Allwood, Caroline Arscott, Wendy Baron, James Beechey, David Fraser Jenkins, Stephen Hackney, Nicola Moorby, Iain Sinclair, Alistair Smith and Robert Upstone.

Tate Britain  Auditorium
£25 (£20 concessions), booking required
Price includes entry to the exhibition. Lunch not included.

    

This event is related to the Modern Painters: The Camden Town Group exhibition