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© TRACEY EMIN. All rights reserved, DACS 2013. Photo: KERRY RYAN.
José Chávez Morado, 'Carnaval en Huejotzingo (Carnival in Huejotzingo)' (detail), 1939. Oil on canvas, 71.1 x 96.5 cm. Collection of Phoenix Art Museum, Gift of Dr. & Mrs. Loyal Davis © DACS 2013.
Sidney Nolan, 'Ned Kelly' (detail), 1946. Enamel paint on composition board. 90.8 x 121.5 cm. National Gallery of Australia, Canberra. Gift of Sunday Reed, 1977.
Richard Rogers Partnership, Lloyd’s of London, 1978-86. © Richard Bryant / arcaidimages.com & Piano + Rogers, Centre Pompidou, Paris, 1971-77. © Francois Le Diascorn / Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images
25 March 2011
In the Reynolds Room, a John Madejski Fine Room
Dame Barbara Hepworth, 'Single form (Memorial)', October 1961. Photo Roy Fox © Bowness, Hepworth Estate Dr Jon Wood, Henry Moore Institute, considers the overlooked relationship between modern British sculpture and the British sense of humour. He explores the roles of comedy, the music hall and television in the oeuvres of a number of British sculptors, examining how these popular art forms have informed their work.
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