Pavilion Contemporary - Maisie Broadhead

The Royal Pavilion, Brighton is delighted to announce that artist Maisie Broadhead has won the commission for Pavilion Contemporary, the third in a series of major installations at the palace funded by Arts Council England. Nicola Coleby, Creative Programmer of the Royal Pavilion says “we are thrilled to have the opportunity to work with Maisie Broadhead on such an exciting commission. We were captivated by the boldness of her proposal and the impact it will have on visitors to the Royal Pavilion.” The winning project, with a working title of ‘Peepers’ will see visitors feel like tiny figures in a decadent doll’s house, as a series of photographic light boxes project giant faces peering through the windows. Broadhead’s work plays with a multitude of ideas including the notion of ‘palace outsiders’ versus ‘palace insiders’; and our voyeuristic fascination with peering in at other people’s lives and homes - especially those of celebrities and royals. It also looks at scale and the history of the architecture of the Pavilion and the lives of its famous inhabitants. “Whilst writing the proposal for the Pavilion I was seeing images in the media of anti-government protesters in the Ukraine seen looking with fascination through the windows of grand government buildings, it was confirmation this is the right territory for the project.” - Maisie Broadhead

Suitable for
Any age


Website
www.brighton-hove-rpml.org.uk/RoyalPavilion/Pages/home.aspx

Admission
Adult £10.50, Child (5-15) £5.90. Please check the website for concessions and family ticket prices.

Source: http://www.culture24.org.uk//se000213?id=EVENT472390