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PREVIEW: A Gay Outing at Charleston

Lets get physical….Body building magazines such as Physique Pictorial had a big influence on the output of British male homosexual artists working in the post second world war period. Duncan Grant used British and American magazines as influence for a large amount of private homo-erotic work.

Lets get physical….Body building magazines such as Physique Pictorial had a big influence on the output of British male homosexual artists working in the post second world war period.

DUNCAN Grant used British and American magazines as influence for a large amount of private homo-erotic work.

Charleston’s curator, Dr Darren Clarke explores Grant’s responses to this source material and also considers those of a younger generation of artists including David Hockney, Keith Vaughan and Francis Bacon.

Strictly for over 16s.

Ticket includes house visit and Charleston cocktail in the Walled Garden

Event: Lets Get Physical…

Where: Charleston

When: Sunday, July 26

Time: from 6pm

Cost: Tickets from £15

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