Comments on: What’s All The Fuss About That Picture Gallery? http://dulwichonview.org.uk/2008/07/15/what%e2%80%99s-all-the-fuss-about-that-picture-gallery/ Celebrating people and culture in the Dulwich area Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:25:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Steve Slack http://dulwichonview.org.uk/2008/07/15/what%e2%80%99s-all-the-fuss-about-that-picture-gallery/comment-page-1/#comment-188 Steve Slack Sat, 16 Aug 2008 19:56:05 +0000 http://dulwichgalleryfriends.wordpress.com/?p=543#comment-188 Public urination and the diseased. Who needs to go to the west end? We have everything we need right here in Dulwich! Public urination and the diseased. Who needs to go to the west end? We have everything we need right here in Dulwich!

]]> By: Angie http://dulwichonview.org.uk/2008/07/15/what%e2%80%99s-all-the-fuss-about-that-picture-gallery/comment-page-1/#comment-187 Angie Thu, 14 Aug 2008 14:06:55 +0000 http://dulwichgalleryfriends.wordpress.com/?p=543#comment-187 The paintings may be of dead people, but they are far from boring. In fact, some of the people in those paintings are very badly behaved. Just the other day I happened to notice for the first time a Dutch painting of a pub in which a drunk man was urinating against a pillar in the middle of the pub! In another painting a mother was squirting breast milk into her baby's mouth. This sort of thing would not be tolerated in Dulwich in 2008, but you can see it in the Picture Gallery in glorious 17th Century technicolour. And in another painting a young Dutch boy had some dreadful disease and had lost huge patches of his hair, poor lad. So, nothing boring about that! Social realism and human misery. Followed by a coffee in the cafe, of course. I do love their deserts. The paintings may be of dead people, but they are far from boring. In fact, some of the people in those paintings are very badly behaved. Just the other day I happened to notice for the first time a Dutch painting of a pub in which a drunk man was urinating against a pillar in the middle of the pub! In another painting a mother was squirting breast milk into her baby’s mouth. This sort of thing would not be tolerated in Dulwich in 2008, but you can see it in the Picture Gallery in glorious 17th Century technicolour. And in another painting a young Dutch boy had some dreadful disease and had lost huge patches of his hair, poor lad. So, nothing boring about that! Social realism and human misery. Followed by a coffee in the cafe, of course. I do love their deserts.

]]> By: Bernie Victor http://dulwichonview.org.uk/2008/07/15/what%e2%80%99s-all-the-fuss-about-that-picture-gallery/comment-page-1/#comment-186 Bernie Victor Wed, 13 Aug 2008 11:14:19 +0000 http://dulwichgalleryfriends.wordpress.com/?p=543#comment-186 It's nice just to spend some time relaxing in the tranquil gardens, watching the 'posh' people arrive. It’s nice just to spend some time relaxing in the tranquil gardens, watching the ‘posh’ people arrive.

]]> By: amanda greatorex http://dulwichonview.org.uk/2008/07/15/what%e2%80%99s-all-the-fuss-about-that-picture-gallery/comment-page-1/#comment-185 amanda greatorex Tue, 12 Aug 2008 23:06:32 +0000 http://dulwichgalleryfriends.wordpress.com/?p=543#comment-185 this article made me laugh (in a good way)- just getting in there and tackling those awkward misconceptions (like posh people and paintings of dead people !) i was never one for an old master, but being able to come up so close to a painting in a small, unintimidating gallery and really scrutinise technique of a range of different artists has been a real eye opener. Then have a cappucino in the lovely grounds. Aaah, DPG- our local treasure. this article made me laugh (in a good way)- just getting in there and tackling those awkward misconceptions (like posh people and paintings of dead people !)
i was never one for an old master, but being able to come up so close to a painting in a small, unintimidating gallery and really scrutinise technique of a range of different artists has been a real eye opener.

Then have a cappucino in the lovely grounds. Aaah, DPG- our local treasure.

]]> By: ingrid http://dulwichonview.org.uk/2008/07/15/what%e2%80%99s-all-the-fuss-about-that-picture-gallery/comment-page-1/#comment-184 ingrid Sun, 03 Aug 2008 16:31:02 +0000 http://dulwichgalleryfriends.wordpress.com/?p=543#comment-184 When I bang on about the wonderful Gallery, people say - 'well why didnt you tell me also there was tons of free parking all around the place and a park opposite to walk my dog? Tate Modern doesn't have those essentials'. When I bang on about the wonderful Gallery, people say – ‘well why didnt you tell me also there was tons of free parking all around the place and a park opposite to walk my dog? Tate Modern doesn’t have those essentials’.

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