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Howard Hodgkin (1996 Video)

Director

Melissa Raimes

Producer

Melissa Raimes

Subject

Art

Distribution

Sale, VHS (PAL, 52 minutes), £14.95

British artist Howard Hodgkin talks about capturing an emotion into painting and about his use of colour, scale, materials, titles and framing, his choice of themes, the artists he admires, his experience of...

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Aztec Double-Headed Serpent, The (2006)

Subject

Art; History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 30 minutes), £9.99

This film takes as its focus the turquoise mosaic of a double-headed serpent from the British Museum’s Mexican Gallery, and examines in detail the method of craftsmanship, the tools and materials of its...

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Colour of Britain, The (1994 Video)

Director

Pratibha Parmar

Producer

Debra Hauer

Subject

Art

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 50 minutes), £50.00

Successful British-Asian artists offer controversial new ideas of what it means to be British and, by extension, what constitutes British art. Features artists Sutapa Biswas, Chilla Burman, Zarina Bhimji,...

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Dürer’s Rhinoceros (2006)

Subject

Art

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 30 minutes), £9.99

A 30 minute film which attempts to analyse the lasting appeal and influence of Albrecht Dürer’s ‘Rhinoceros’ and shows how his sophisticated development of the woodcut technique introduced the idea of...

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Saatchi Gallery 100, The (2003)

Subject

Art

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 50 minutes), £19.99

Draws together the key works from the world-famous Saatchi collection, including Damien Hirst’s sliced and encased creatures, Tracey Emin’s notorious bed and tent, as well as the chilling portrait of...

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Sweet Oblivion: Curating and Cultural Practice (1996 Video)

Subject

Art

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 47 min., 1996 sale: £40.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Britain has seen an explosion of temporary art spaces and galleries, often run by young artists rather than art dealers. British artists who have performed both roles consider their relationship with the...

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Art of Clare Woods, The (2012)

Subject

Art

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 50 minutes), £19.99

Clare Woods is one of the most exciting painters working in Britain today. Her sensuous and sumptuous work, often achieved on a spectacular scale, both extends the tradition of landscape painting and engages...

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Italian Renaissance Drawings (2010)

Subject

Art

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 40 minutes), £9.99

More than any other medium, drawings give a direct insight into how Italian Renaissance artists worked. Featuring outstanding examples from two major collections - the Uffizi in Florence and the British...

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Hockney at the Tate (1988 Video)

aka: David Hockney at the Tate

Director

Alan Benson

Subject

Art

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 52 minutes), £17.99

David Hockney (b.1937) in an extended interview filmed at his Tate Gallery retrospective in 1988, discusses his career and provides insights into some of his key works and the contemporary art scene.

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British Art in the Twentieth Century (1992 Video)

Director

Richard Smith

Producer

Richard Smith

Subject

Art

Distribution

Free loan, Videocassette. VHS. col. 96 min.

Five programmes covering art from the start of the century to the present and are based on a 1988 Royal Academy exhibition and showing 150 paintings and sculptures in their historical and cultural contexts:...

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