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'Behind the Scenes: Outsiders of the Swinging Sixties', Late at Tate

Event date
Friday, November 7, 2008 - 00:00
Location
London
Event type
Lecture
Link
http://www.tate.org.uk/context-comment/audio/late-tate-november-behind-scenes-ou…
Collaborators
Tate Britain
Artists
R.B. KitajDavid Hockney
Speakers
Leon Wainwright
Themes
British ArtPop ArtPopAuthenticityPost-War Art
Tags
David HockneyR.B. KitajBernard CohenFrank BowlingBritish artPopPop artexclusionPost-War ArtTate Britain1960sauthenticityoutsiderness

In this gallery talk, Leon Wainwright explores the idea of the ‘authentic outsider’ and how artists R.B. Kitaj and David Hockney - in their different ways – were became part of a celebrated idea of Britishness and otherness in the age of Pop.