Artists' Mannequins, Mike Leigh, Guy Fawkes Traditions

Free Thinking

Mike Leigh discusses his film about Turner. Steve Connor and Matthew Sweet discuss an exhibition at the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge which brings together 180 paintings and models to explore the way mannequins have been used by artists - from a technical tool to a fetishised object. And New Generation Thinker Naomi Paxton discusses Guy Fawkes traditions.

Producer: Harry Parker.

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Tue 28 Oct 2014 22:00
BBC Radio 3

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Interviewed GuestMike Leigh
Interviewed GuestSteven Connor
PresenterMatthew Sweet
IllustratorNaomi Paxton
ProducerHarry Parker

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