This Is Modern Art

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This Is Modern Art was a six-part TV series written and presented by the English art critic Matthew Collings.{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/1999/jun/12/books.guardianreview8|title=Modern art makes me sick|last=Jeffries|first=Stuart|date=1999-06-12|work=The Guardian|access-date=2020-01-30|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}} It was broadcast in 1999 on Channel 4.

Episode Overview

  • 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

The series won several awards including a BAFTA.{{Cite web|url=https://www.thetvdb.com/series/this-is-modern-art|title=This is Modern Art - TheTVDB.com|website=www.thetvdb.com|access-date=2020-01-30}}{{Cite web | url=https://topdocumentaryfilms.com/this-is-modern-art/ | title=This is Modern Art}} 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.

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