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Exhibition Modern Britain - Audio Guide
by National Gallery of Victoria
Exhibition Modern Britain - Audio Guide
Episodes
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People in a Wind by Kenneth Armitage
NGV curators ponder the inspiration behind Kenneth Armitage's culpture People in a Wind and his move away from grand symbolic gesture towards more of a commentary on everyday life.
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Paintings by John Bratby
In 1957, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik. Britain tested its first Hydrogen Bomb. Artists, including John Bratby, painted images of kitchen sinks. NGV curators ask the obvious question: why.
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The Straw Hat by Mark Gertler
NGV curators discuss The Straw Hat, painted by Mark Gertler during a period when he was influenced by Renoir’s monumental nudes.
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Works by Christopher Wood and Alfred Wallis
NGV curators discuss Alfred Wallis’s painting The Steamer and his motivation to capture the sights of a disappearing way of life: Cornwell’s fishing and shipping traditions.
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Eidos by Barbara Hepworth
NGV curators discuss Barbara Hepworth’s sculpture Eidos which means ‘form’ in Greek. In this work, Hepworth is attempting to sculpt form itself.
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The River Candidate by Laurence Stephen Lowry
NGV curators speculate about the meaning behind Lowry’s paintings of British industrial scenes, including The River Candidate.
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Careening by Tristram Hillier
NGV curators discuss the double meaning in the title of Hillier’s painting and the double meaning also contained within the image.
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Paintings by Roger Fry
NGV curators discuss Roger Fry’s paintings Still life (jug and eggs) and Table and the artist’s involvement in the Bloomsbury group.
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The Raising of Lazarus by Walter Sickert
NGV curators question whether Walter Sickert is seeking to present a sinister view of Christianity in his painting The Raising of Lazarus.
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The Icknield Way by Spencer Gore
NGV curators discuss Spencer Gore’s painting The Icknield Way which features a subject well known to English audiences: the Icknield Way is claimed to be the oldest road in Britain.
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The English Nude by William Orpen
NGV curators discuss William Orpen’s The English Nude, considered a risqué image for Britain at this time. It is a bold painting, the naked woman gazing out at the viewer with frank sexuality.
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The Beautiful Motorist by William Nicholson
Discusses William Nicholson’s painting The Beautiful Motorist – here we see the modern woman, dressed in the lavish uniform of that new-fangled device, the motor car.
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