Behind the Mask , Another Mask and Absent Friends

This May, You will be able to see the first exhibition to pair the works of 2 artists in The National Portrait Gallery : contemporary artist Gillian Wearing and innovative early-twentieth century photographer Claude Cahun, although born in different times, they share similar themes around gender, identity, masquerade and performance.

From late May to June, the National Portrait Gallery will stage a first exhibition to focus on one of the Britain’s leading artists Howard Hodgkin's portraits entitled "Abstract Friends," from which you can explore this abstract artist's important contribution to our understanding of what constitutes a portrait: colour, memory, emotion, process and imagination. 

今年五月，你将第一次在英国国家肖像画廊看到两位艺术家作品的配对展览。当代艺术家 Gillian Wearing 和二十世纪初的创新摄影师 Claude Cahun 虽然生活在不同的时代，但他们却有着围绕性别、身份、假面和表演的相似主题。

五月底到六月，画廊将展出第一个着眼于英国最伟大的艺术家之一 Howard Hodgkin 肖像的展览《Absent Friends》。从中你可以探索这位抽象艺术家在我们对肖像画理解方面做出的重要贡献：是色彩、记忆、情绪、过程和想象构成了肖像画。