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Editor: So, this is William Blake's "The Man Who Taught Blake Painting in his Dreams." It's a counterproof, quite delicate. I find the gaze unsettling. What do you make of it? Curator: It’s fascinating to consider Blake’s engagement with authorship and artistic lineage. Who has the authority to teach, and what does it mean to learn in dreams? It challenges traditional power structures within the art world. Editor: That's interesting. The idea of challenging authority is so relevant even today. Curator: Absolutely. Blake was questioning these established norms, inviting us to reimagine the very foundations upon which artistic knowledge is built. Editor: That reframes how I see this piece. Thank you!
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The title of this image suggests that it may be a type of visionary self-portrait. The marks on the forehead are reminiscent of phrenological divisions, and seem to correspond to areas associated with observation and intuition, among others. This picture is thought to belong to the series of visionary heads Blake produced for John Varley (see Head of the Ghost of a Flea and the showcase, both nearby). James Deville, who made a cast of Blake’s head, also studied Varley, declaring that the astrologer ‘believed nearly all he heard, and all he read’. Gallery label, March 2011
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