TO MARK THE QUEEN'S DIAMOND JUBILEE IN 2012, THE NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY WILL STAGE AN INNOVATIVE TOURING EXHIBITION BRINGING TOGETHER 60 OF THE MOST REMARKABLE AND RESONANT IMAGES OF ELIZABETH II SPANNING THE 60 YEARS OF HER REIGN, SOME ON PUBLIC DISPLAY FOR THE FIRST TIME. THE QUEEN: ART AND IMAGE WILL TOUR TO BRITISH VENUES BEFORE BEING SHOWN IN LONDON, OPENING IN EDINBURGH IN JUNE, BELFAST IN OCTOBER AND CARDIFF AND LONDON IN 2012. FROM BEATON AND LEOBOVITZ TO ANNIGONI AND WARHOL, THE QUEEN: ART AND IMAGE WILL BE THE MOST WIDE RANGING-EXHIBITION OF IMAGES IN DIFFERENT MEDIA DEVOTED TO A SINGLE ROYAL SITTER,FORMAL PAINTED PORTRAITS OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPHS, MEDIA PICTURES, AND POWERFUL RESPONSES BY CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS WILL BE SHOWN IN AN EXHIBITION WHICH EXPLORES TRADITIONAL REPRESENTATIONS AND WORKS WHICH EXTEND THE VISUAL LANGUAGE OF ROYAL PORTRAITURE. AMONG THE HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE WORKS FROM LIFE ARE ANNIGONI'S HUGELY POPULAR LIFE-SIZE 1969 COMMISSION FOR THE NATIONAL GALLERY, LUCIAN FREUD'S 2000-01 PORTRAIT FROM THE ROYAL COLLECTION AND JUSTIN MORTIMER'S PAINTING WHERE THE QUEEN'S HEAD FLOATS AWAY FROM HER BODY AGAINST A HUGE BACKGROUND OF FLAT VIBRANT YELLOW. AMONG THE EXHIBITED PHOTOGRAPHS FOR WHOM THE QUEEN SAT ARE ANNIE LEIBOVITZ, DOROTHY WILDING AND CECIL BEATON, INCLUDING HIS ICONIC WESTMINSTER ABBEY CORONATION IMAGE, AND CHRIS LEVINE'S HIGH;Y UNUSUAL PHOTOGRAPH FROM 2004 OF THE QUEEN WITH HER EYES CLOSED. COLLECTIVELY, THE EXHIBITION CELEBRATES AND EXPLORES THE STARTLING RANGE OF ARTISTIC CREATIVITY AND MEDIA-DERIVED IMAGERY THAT THE QUEEN HAS INSPIRED. IT ALSO PROBES THE RELATION OF THIS IMAGERY TO A WORLD OF CHANGING VALUES DURING A REIGN THAT HAS ENGAGED THE ATTENTION OF MILLIONS.
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