Inspired by... Turner
Ekow Eshun, Artistic Director of the ICA
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Ekow Eshun
Ekow Eshun is Artistic Director of the ICA, author and award-winning broadcaster. He appears regularly on BBC Two's Newsnight Review and has written for publications including The Guardian, The Observer and The New Statesman.
Eshun is the former editor of Arena magazine and a Governor of the University of the Arts, London. His first book Black Gold of the Sun: Searching for Home in England and Africa (Penguin) was nominated for the Orwell Prize for political writing in 2006.
1. Richard Billingham
Ray's A Laugh (1994 - Book)
Photography
Images shot in Birmingham
External links:
Richard Billingham (Anthony Reynolds Gallery) Book published by Scalo Publishing
2. James Turrell
Light Installation (2003)
Installation
Yorkshire Sculpture Park
External links:
James Turrell (Griffin gallery) Yorkshire Sculpture Park
3. James Turrell
Deer Shelter (2006)
Installation
Yorkshire Sculpture Park
External links:
James Turrell (Griffin gallery) Yorkshire Sculpture Park
4. Dan Holdsworth
Hyberborea (2006)
Photography
National Maritime Museum
External links:
National Maritime Museum Dan Holdsworth
5. Kara Walker
8 Possible Beginnings or: The Creation of an African-America, Parts 1-8, A Moving Picture (2006)
Installation
De La Warr Pavillion Bexhill-on-Sea (temporary)
External links:
De La Warr Pavillion Kara Walker (Sikkema Jenkins & Co
Turner's in the UK
Moonlight, with Ruin and Trees (1795-7)
Chalk, gouache and watercolour on paper
28 x 33 cm
Tate Britain
Workmen Lunching in a Gravel Pit (circa 1797)
Pencil and watercolour on paper
43.4 x 37.3 cm
Tate Britain
External links:
Turner Online at Tate National Gallery
Gravel Pit on Shotover Hill, near Oxford
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
External links:
Ashmolean Museum Turner Online at Tate
Ships in a breeze (1808)
Print
20.9 x 29.2 cm
Manchester Art Gallery
External links:
Manchester Art Gallery Turner Online at Tate
Harbour View (1826)
13.9 x 18.9 cm
National Gallery of Scotland
External links:
National Gallery of Scotland Turner Online at Tate