This is Modern Art

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This is Modern Art
Season 1
StarringMatthew Collings
Release
Original networkChannel 4

This Is Modern Art was a six-part TV series written and presented by the English art critic Matthew Collings.[1] It was broadcast in 1999 on Channel 4.

Episode Overview[edit]

  • I am a Genius - asses the influence of Picasso, Pollock and Warhol and the motifs which connect them.
  • Shock! Horror!
  • Lovely Lovely
  • Nothing matters
  • Hollow Laughter
  • The Shock of the Now

Critical reception[edit]

The series won several awards including a BAFTA.[2][3] It became popular both because of its sometimes jokey and sometimes thoughtful explanations of the work and attitude of a new wave of artists that had recently been publicized in the British mass media, and because of its author's witty and irreverent, though clearly highly informed, commentary style. Collings went on to create several more TV series and programmes for Channel 4, including Impressionism Revenge of The Nice, Self Portraits The Me Generations and This Is Civilisation.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Jeffries, Stuart (12 June 1999). "Modern art makes me sick". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
  2. ^ "This is Modern Art - TheTVDB.com". www.thetvdb.com. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
  3. ^ "This is Modern Art".

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