Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 2008
Telegraph.co.uk The Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition is now in its 240th year.
Sexy Japanese Garden, Vincent Hawkins, acrylic on canvas
The world’s largest open-submission exhibition, it displays work by unknown artists alongside established names.
Storm London, Emer O’Brien, c-type print, 48 x 30 cm
Coordinated by Royal Academicians Gordon Benson, Tony Cragg and Humphrey Ocean, this year’s theme is ‘Man Made’.
Untitled (Japanese Girl), Julian Schnabel, Mixed media, 361 x 279 cm
Air, 2007, Francesco Clemente, Twenty-seven color hand printed woodcut created in the Ukiyo-e tradition with 21 woodblocks, image size: 24 x 18 inches
Some of the better-known artists going on display include Michael Craig Martin, George Baselitz, Allen Jones and Julian Schnabel.
Death, Michael Craig-Martin, Acrylic on aluminium, 200 x 325 cm
This year’s memorial gallery is dedicated to RB Kitaj.
The Bells of Hell, 1961, RB Kitaj, Oil on canvas
There will also be a gallery curated by Tracy Emin.
London Derriere, Allen Jones
The majority of works are for sale.
Visitor, David Mach, Postcard collage, 190 x 190 cm
The Summer Exhibition is showing at the Royal Academy of Arts from June 9 until August 17.
Freund 66 (Remix), Georg Baselitz, Oil on canvas, 300 x 250cm
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