45: Dad's Birthday Bonanza
Episode description
Time to blow out the candles! To celebrate Dad's birthday, this week he takes the reins and presents a mixed pack of artworks created by artists from vastly different schools and time periods (including Dad's infamous bête noire, Picasso). We discuss Dad's secret addiction, the French Revolution, hearing colours and the challenges of modernity. See images here!
Works discussed:
Composition 8, Wassily Kandinsky, 1923
Group X/Altarpiece, Hilma af Klint, 1915
Yellow - Red - Blue, Wassily Kandinsky, 1925
The Guitar Player, Pablo Picasso, 1910
The Old Guitarist, Pablo Picasso, 1903
Self-portrait in a Straw Hat, Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun, 1782
Girl in a Straw Hat, Rubens, c. 1625
Seven A.M., Edward Hopper, 1948
Nighthawks, Edward Hopper, 1942
Office in a Small City, Edward Hopper, 1953
Music from Uppbeat.