Exhibition Modern Britain - Audio Guide

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Exhibition Modern Britain - Audio Guide

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  1. 06/11/2010

    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.

    3 min

  2. 06/11/2010

    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.

    3 min

  3. 06/11/2010

    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.

    3 min

  4. 06/11/2010

    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.

    3 min

  5. 06/11/2010

    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.

    4 min

  6. 06/11/2010

    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.

    1 min

  7. 06/11/2010

    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.

    3 min

  8. 06/11/2010

    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.

    6 min

  9. 06/11/2010

    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.

    3 min

  10. 06/11/2010

    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.

    2 min

  11. 06/11/2010

    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.

    3 min

  12. 05/27/2010

    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.

    1 min
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