17
June 2027

The Echoing Scream: The Birth of Expressionism

Welcome to The Arts Society Stirling and Forth Valley
Thursday, June 17, 2027 - 10:45 to 12:15
Albert Halls, Albert Place
Dumbarton Road Stirling FK8 2LQ
Online Event

This lecture focuses on the birth of expressionism.

When Edvard Munch created The Scream in 1893, he was responding to an intense emotional experience. Today, we would call it a panic attack.

Crippling and anxious making, this primal cry was also a rallying call: for Munch and for the wider world of art. It gave birth to a movement known as expressionism, showing life not at it is (realism) or as it might be perceived in a fleeting moment (impressionism), but as it is experienced within the unembellished core of our being.

Explosive and emotive, the aftershocks of Munch’s vision were felt across the world: in art and music, literature, dance and film.

THE ARTS SOCIETY ACCREDITED LECTURER

Mr Gavin Plumley

A writer and broadcaster. Appears on BBC Radio 3 and 4, and contributes to newspapers, magazines and opera and concert programmes. Lectures widely about the culture of Central Europe during the 19th and 20th centuries. Recent appearances include Klimt and The Kiss in cinemas worldwide, and talks for the Hay and Cheltenham Literature Festivals, the Royal Opera House, the National Gallery, the National Trust, the National Theatre, the British Museum and the V&A. His first book, A Home for All Seasons, is out now.

 

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