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Pandora Unboxed

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Start:
February 4
End:
May 30
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University Art Collection
6 Redlands Road Reading RG1 5EX + Google Map
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Closeup of Pandora by John Dickson Batten. The closeup has Pandora, as a nude statue, in the centre. Hephaestus, with his left elbow on a bent left knee, is on the left of the artwork and Athena holding an orange cloth is on the right.

In Greek mythology, Pandora allowed all evil into the world after accidently opening a box. But is there a way that she can also be unboxed?

This exhibition features new artworks created by young Reading artists who were responding to the myth of Pandora, as depicted in a historic painting from the Collection.

Showing in the Staircase Hall Exhibition Space, these artworks are juxtaposed with the original painting.