Seduced! Fans & the Art of Advertising

The exhibition reveals how commercial art – a dynamic, seductive art-form – emerged during the late nineteenth century to play a pivotal role in generating and sustaining a culture of consumption among the growing middle classes. Focusing on the interwar period and the aesthetics of Art Deco, the exhibition includes a colourful array of fans made to promote leisure activities such as travel, dining & shopping. Luxury brands are equally well represented with fans advertising champagne, perfume and haute-couture. Many of the fans exhibited feature designs by masters of commercial art including, Georges Barbier, Leonetto Cappiello and René Gruau, whose striking pochoir & chromolithographic prints evoke a remarkable age of decadence, glamour, exoticism and the birth of modern consumer culture.

Suitable for
Any age


Website
http://www.thefanmuseum.org.uk/

Admission
£4.00 Adult £3.00 Concession £10.00 Family Art Fund Members FREE National Trust Members 50% reduction

Source: http://www.culture24.org.uk//se000020?id=EVENT482015