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Dateline: 16th February, 2005
Strindberg on the South Bank Yesterday the National Theatre's production of Strindberg's A Dream Play opened in the Cottesloe (see Philip Fisher's review). Tomorrow (17th February) an exhibition devoted to Strindberg opens at Tate Modern, just a few minutes stroll along the south bank. As well as being a playwright and novelist, Strindberg was also a painter and photographer. The Tate Modern exhibition includes over sixty paintings and thirty photographs, as well as illustrated manuscripts, drawings and sculptures. Strindberg turned to painting in times of upheaval in his personal life or when his capacity as a writer failed him. He saw the arresting landscape outside his native Stockholm as a metaphor for his inner turmoil and painted the waves, rocks and ever-changing skies in a vast array of compositions, colour palettes and moods. Although landscapes in subject matter, these works can also be seen as symbolic self-portraits offering an illuminating insight into the mind of this often-troubled genius. The exhibition runs from 17th February to 15th May. Please note that all three Archive indices are very long and will therefore take some time to download.
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