Desde sabado, Londres estava verdadeiramente uma loucura por causa da comemoracao QUEEN'S DIAMOND JUBILEE...
Como essa mulher e' querida aqui, Sinceramente a cidade parou. Ruas fechadas, pessoas enroladas com a bandeira da Inglaterra, muitos rostos pintados. Uma verdadeira cerimonia...
Ontem foi oficialmente o dia da comemoracao.
Eu nao fui em lugar nenhum. Preferi assistir pela T.V. Tinha muitos convidados. Ate pessoas desconhecidas, mas todos convidados por ela... Acreditem que ate presidiario tinha. Estudante, e assim foi....
Esta tendo uma grande exposicao historica que reune algumas das imagens marcantes e ressonante que Elizabeth II fez durante seu reinado. Comecou dia 17/05 e termina dia 21/10/2012.
De formais retratos pintados a fotografias e comissionados a partir de imagens de imprensa para obras de artistas contemporâneos, comemorou os gráficos de exposições a representação evolução de uma das pessoas mais retratadas de todos os tempos, e a influência dessas imagens na mudança de percepções da monarquia.
Explorando a gama impressionante de criatividade artística que a rainha tem inspirado, a exposição revela as mudanças radicais no retrato e profundos desenvolvimentos sociais desde os anos 1950.
Indicados fotógrafos e artistas incluem Cecil Beaton, Pietro Annigoni, Andy Warhol, Annie Leibovitz, Lucian Freud, Thomas Struth e Gerhard Richter.
by Cecil Beaton
2 June 1953
NPG x35390
1960s
During the 1960s the Queen's public image became increasingly informal and emphasised her position as a mother and as the embodiment of family life. As the decade unfolded there were profound social changes in Britain and the Queen’s elevated position began to look out of step with more egalitarian times.Pietro Annigoni explained about this portrait: ‘I did not want to paint her as a film star; I saw her as a monarch, alone in the problems of her responsibility’.
by Pietro Annigoni
1969
NPG 4706
1970s
The image of the Queen that had emerged in the 1960s continued during the next decade. A more outwardly relaxed individual is seen in the photographs taken by Patrick Lichfield, and with more press photographs of royal engagements, the result was to reinvent the public's perception of Queen Elizabeth II. However, the price of this 'ordinary' appeal was a growing familiarity that signalled the beginning of a new irreverence. This is seen in Jamie Reid's poster design for the Sex Pistols’ God Save the Queen in 1977, her silver Jubilee year.
by Thomas Patrick John Anson, 5th Earl of Lichfield
1971
NPG x29562
1980s
After the first public appearances of Lady Diana Spencer at the beginning of the 1980s, the way Queen Elizabeth II was represented and regarded began to transform. Although the she remained removed from the resulting upsurge of media interest in the younger members of the royal family, she was not unaffected by their growing celebrity status.Throughout the decade an increasingly intrusive press probed the public image of royalty, and a striking newspaper photograph taken at the 1982 State Opening of Parliament seems to foreshadow the crisis imposed by these developments.
by Thomas Patrick John Anson, 5th Earl of Lichfield
29 July 1981
NPG x29570
1990s
The increasingly diverse nature of images of the Queen produced in the 1990s suggests the struggle for identity that confronted the royal family. The impression of disintegration culminated in the tragic death of Princess Diana in a car-crash in 1997 which provoked fresh speculation about the state and future of the monarchy.The paintings and photographs produced in the late 1990s convey a startling spectrum of implications, ranging from Justin Mortimer's fragmented portrait to a press photograph of the Queen taking tea with a Scottish family.
by Justin Mortimer, 1998
© Justin Mortimer
2000 to the present
At the beginning of the twenty-first century a changed world gave rise to the question: what does the Queen now represent? Lucian Freud's controversial portrait presents a characteristically unflinching view of his sitter. Chris Levine's view is more ambiguous, his camera capturing the Queen as she rests between exposures.Though the many responses differ, a single impression emerges: that of an enduring presence while those around her continue to confront an uncertain future.
by Chris Levine, 2007
Courtesy of Mr Kevin P.Burke and the Burke Children. Private Collection
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