@article{ntn 1573, author = {Nicola Capon}, title = {Exhibiting Victorian Sculpture in Context: Display, Narrative, and Conversation in ‘John Tweed: Empire Sculptor, Rodin’s Friend’}, volume = {2016}, year = {2016}, url = {http://19.bbk.ac.uk/article/id/1573/}, issue = {22}, doi = {10.16995/ntn.739}, abstract = {This article considers the practice and processes employed in the completion of an exhibition of Victorian sculpture. Focusing on the author’s recent co-curatorship of the 2013 exhibition ‘John Tweed: Empire Sculptor, Rodin’s Friend’<em>,</em> the article looks at three different areas of production: the curatorial rational, the exhibition content, and the exhibition narrative. The specificities of exhibiting sculpture are also considered, as well as the role played by archive and other supplementary material. In its consideration of curatorial practice, the article looks not only at how various decisions were made but also why. The inherent difficulties involved in curating and exhibiting Victorian sculpture are addressed. The commentary also discusses how narrative is created between sculptural objects and how this narrative can be supported and deepened by other artistic and documentary material. The article analyses the exhibition’s final display to consider the view or the story of John Tweed that was created. It considers how plans and ideas evolved over time, whether the content created any unexpected stories or juxtapositions, and what these nuances added to the overall picture created of the artist’s life and career.}, month = {6}, issn = {1755-1560}, publisher={Open Library of Humanities}, journal = {19: Interdisciplinary Studies in the Long Nineteenth Century} }