5 September 2008
Interviews used as scripts to restage conversations with three of the twentieth century’s most revered artists. Paintings and sculpture in the museum’s collection were used as backdrops to the performances.
Interviews used as scripts to restage conversations with three of the twentieth century’s most revered artists. Paintings and sculpture in the museum’s collection were used as backdrops to the performances.
An interview with Jackson Pollock took place in front of Recumbent Figure by Henry Moore, 1938, with Sarah Louise Blythe as Jackson Pollock and Antonella Axisa as William Wright. An interview with Andy Warhol took place in front of Study for a Self-Portrait of Van Gogh IV, by Francis Bacon, 1957, with Aidan McCarthy as Andy Warhol and Clementine Wade as Glen O'Brien. An interview with Joseph Beuys took place in front of Portrait of Joseph Brummer by Henri Rousseau, 1909, with Matthew Field as Joseph Beuys and Robert Rowe as Willoughby Sharp.
