tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1043332942481206469.post5377172452782540721..comments2024-03-04T15:23:07.880+00:00Comments on Northern Voices: Bolton Forger's Masterpiece on Show next month up NorthBlanco Posnethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11288856212231100137noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1043332942481206469.post-64898604215950878622011-04-07T12:27:26.447+01:002011-04-07T12:27:26.447+01:00April 1, 2011
New fakes added to Bolton exhibitio...April 1, 2011<br /><br />New fakes added to Bolton exhibition<br /><br />Fake works created in the style of famous artists Banksy and Tracey Emin will feature in a prestigious exhibition at Bolton Museum.<br /><br />The previously unseen pieces will form part of the Fakes and Forgeries exhibition, which opens at the museum on Saturday, April 16.<br /><br />The exhibition, which was created by the Metropolitan Police Service’s Art and Antiques Unit, also includes the Amarna Princess statue crafted by convicted Bolton forger Shaun Greenhalgh.<br /><br />The Amarna will form the centrepiece of the exhibition, which was launched at the Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) in January last year.<br /><br />Also included will be a reconstruction of Greenhalgh’s garden shed – where he made his forgeries – and a collection of his other works, such as the Risley Park Lanx, Barbara Hepworth’s Goose, and Thomas Moran paintings.<br /><br />Other objects on display will include paintings by renowned forgers John Myatt and Robert Thwaites, fake antiquities by John Andrews and forged silverware by Peter Ashley Russell.<br /><br />As well as looking at the forged artwork, the exhibition will also explore what defines a fake or a copy; the impact art crime has on modern society; techniques used by police and industry experts to identify fakes; as well as the extreme lengths criminals go to provide fake provenance.<br /><br />Since appearing at the V&A, the Art and Antiques Unit have introduced some Tracey Emin fakes by Jonathan Rayfern, who was prosecuted in Manchester last year and added some different Banksy fakes.<br /><br />The free exhibition will appear at Bolton Museum until Saturday, July 2.<br /><br />A talk on fakes and forgeries by DC Ian Lawson of the Art and Antiques Unit will take place at the museum on Friday, April 15 at 7pm.<br /><br />Tickets for the talk are £5 and are available from the Albert Halls box office on 01204 334400. The price also includes a preview of the exhibition from 6pm before it is open to the public.<br /><br />ENDS<br /><br />Karen Spibey, Media Team, Bolton Council. Tel: 01204 332064.bammyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13889214646896381113noreply@blogger.com