Exhibition Modern Britain - Audio Guide

National Gallery of Victoria

12 Episoden

People in a Wind by Kenneth Armitage
11.6.2010
2:33
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.
Paintings by John Bratby
11.6.2010
2:42
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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Works by Christopher Wood and Alfred Wallis
11.6.2010
2:35
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.
The Straw Hat by Mark Gertler
11.6.2010
1:05
NGV curators discuss The Straw Hat, painted by Mark Gertler during a period when he was influenced by Renoir’s monumental nudes.
Eidos by Barbara Hepworth
11.6.2010
2:31
NGV curators discuss Barbara Hepworth’s sculpture Eidos which means ‘form’ in Greek. In this work, Hepworth is attempting to sculpt form itself.
The River Candidate by Laurence Stephen Lowry
11.6.2010
3:34
NGV curators speculate about the meaning behind Lowry’s paintings of British industrial scenes, including The River Candidate.
Careening by Tristram Hillier
11.6.2010
2:54
NGV curators discuss the double meaning in the title of Hillier’s painting and the double meaning also contained within the image.
Paintings by Roger Fry
11.6.2010
5:31
NGV curators discuss Roger Fry’s paintings Still life (jug and eggs) and Table and the artist’s involvement in the Bloomsbury group.
The Icknield Way by Spencer Gore
11.6.2010
2:13
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.
The English Nude by William Orpen
11.6.2010
3:29
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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Exhibition Modern Britain - Audio Guide

National Gallery of Victoria

12 Episoden

People in a Wind by Kenneth Armitage

Paintings by John Bratby

Works by Christopher Wood and Alfred Wallis

The Straw Hat by Mark Gertler

Eidos by Barbara Hepworth

The River Candidate by Laurence Stephen Lowry

Careening by Tristram Hillier

Paintings by Roger Fry

The Icknield Way by Spencer Gore

The English Nude by William Orpen