Bryan Stevenson on Jacob Lawrence鈥檚 Migration Series
Radio 3 presents a radiophonic art exhibition, as 30 of the world鈥檚 most creative minds choose their favourite work from the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Ep 17 Bryan Stevenson
Art critic Alastair Sooke, in the company of some of the leading creatives of our age, continues his deep dive into the stunning works in the Museum of Modern Art's collection, whilst exploring what it really means 鈥渢o see鈥� art.
Today's edition features the choice of American lawyer and social justice activist Bryan Stevenson. He has chosen The Migration Series, a set of paintings by African-American painter Jacob Lawrence. Depicting the migration of African Americans to the northern United States from the South that began in the 1910s, this a moving piece for Bryan Stevenson - but what does a civil rights lawyer see in the work that others might not?
Producer: Tom Alban.
Main Image: Jacob Lawrence, And the migrants kept coming, 1940-41. Casein tempera on hardboard, 12 x 18" (30.5 x 45.7 cm). Gift of Mrs. David M. Levy. Museum of Modern Art, NY, 28.1942.30. 漏 2019 Jacob Lawrence / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
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Episode 17: The Migration Series by Jacob Lawrence (1940-41)
Selected by American lawyer and social justice activist Bryan Stevenson
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Tue 3 Dec 2019 22:45大象传媒 Radio 3- Sun 16 Aug 2020 14:45大象传媒 Radio 4 FM
- Sun 23 Aug 2020 00:15大象传媒 Radio 4
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