Roderick Tye: The Human Presence
Coming soon, Roderick Tye: The Human Presence, an exhibition featuring the work of Roderick Tye (1959-2009), celebrated sculptor and dedicated fisherman. Curated by former colleagues at the Slade School of Fine Art in collaboration with UCL Art Museum, the exhibition features Tye’s arresting figurative wax sculptures and drawings sourced from private collections, alongside objects from UCL’s Anatomy and Pathology Collections.
28 September - December 18 2015 | 1- 5pm, Mon-Fri | Free | UCL Art Museum | More info
Roderick Tye, Head, c.1990s, wax © The Artist’s Estate
For a full list of our upcoming events, please see our What's On pages.
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New Kingdom Statue No Longer 'Sad Man'
A fragment of a statue (UC14701) – one of the Petrie Museum’s largest objects – can be seen properly for the first time on our back stairs ‘gallery’. It was called the ‘Sad Man’ by museum staff as it leaned to one side with its back to the public in a seemingly melancholy way.
The two-thirds life-size granite statue, found at Thebes, is inscribed with the hieroglyphs down the back 'the king's son of Kush, overseer of southern foreign lands Paser' (Sudan in the time of Ramses II).
The sculpture has now been properly mounted on display by two stone conservators from the British Museum, overseen by UCL Conservator Susi Pancaldo and the cost paid for by the Friends of the Petrie Museum.
But now we don’t know what to call the sculpture: come and have a look and decide for yourselves.
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The Petrie Museum and UCL have a unique history pioneering the employment and training of women in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The recent emphasis we have placed on this reputation has meant that we were contacted by women’s club The Side Roomto host an event for their members on 8 September.
Building on this interest in the dynamic women the museum fostered, we have also asked Margaret Murray's biographer Dr Kate Sheppard to lead a conversation around Murray's little-known excavations in Malta, where she trained Gertrude Caton-Thompson and Edith Guest, and how an informal network of female archaeologists was formed. Kate is only in London for a week (she is based in the USA) so be sure to take part on 9 September at 2 pm.
Museum opening times | Free -- drop in! |More info
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