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GOYA, Hayward Gallery , London SE1 through
13 May.
Goyas drawings from
his private albums are uniquely being shown at the Hayward Gallery
now : Indian ink or in crayon, these comprise 550 separate works,
including those on two sides of the sheet, in eight series of which
the majority were bound. Goya focusses on further areas of corruption,
to include also the church and the agents of totalitarian government
bodies of the time Goya himself opted for exile in France . When
the oppression of the Spanish Inquisition, or the forces of Napoleon
ravaging Madrid left Goya mentally seared, he could allow free rein
to this private world. A famous Black Border Album as it is known
allows us an insight into this demi-monde, of individual
figures, where Goyas intuitive perception of such beings moves
where words cannot.
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