The public response 2008
The Sirens and Ulysses provoked an extreme public reaction when it was exhibited in 1837. People either loved it or loathed it. Nearly 200 years later, the picture still creates a stir.
Love how the process is displayed. Makes the gallery a more interactive place. More interactive stuff is great!
Melanie, Canada
Fascinating restoration. Brilliant workmanship.
Visitor to Manchester Art Gallery, 2007
After you finish do you feel bored and never want to see the painting again? Do you see it as a whole art work or just as parts?
Visitor to Manchester Art Gallery, 2007
Fascinating to find out more about how you conserve this artwork. I love the fact that work on-going is in the gallery itself and visible to all. Sometimes (or do I mean always?) the process is as important as the final product.
Visitor to Manchester Art Gallery, 2007
Brilliant idea! Loved seeing behind the scenes! This museum should be winning prizes….Well done and thanks.
Visitor to Manchester Art Gallery, 2007
I think I'd die of frustration!
Visitor to Manchester Art Gallery, 2006
I think the job you guys do is both fascinating and important. I'm sure Etty would be proud.
Visitor to Manchester Art Gallery, 2007
Why is it so important to restore the painting? Because I think that it is then really not the original artists work it is other peoples.
Michaela Gibbs, 2007
Utterly compelling and wonderful to have observed over the months. Congratulations on your skills and integrity with this amazing work of art.
Visitor to Manchester Art Gallery, 2007
I think it is one of the most beautiful, fragile paintings I have ever seen, and this temporary setting with work tools around makes it look like an installation piece.
Ruth Warman, 2007
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