The Art of Cornwall

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00wbn80/The_Art_of_Cornwall/

A good BBC programme giving a clear overview of how St Ives became the centre for Modernism in the UK over three decades. Some fascinating facts came out about the struggle between artists for dominance in the Artist exhibitions. I have only recently re-discovered Peter Lanyon, although I remember going to see some of his works in a private house in Newlyn. Little realising he had wandered over the same area of the Penwith peninsula I had been whilst down there.

Lanyon flying to see the landscape as a wholly different view and being able to synthesise all the elements to create an image of a 'place' rather than a 'landscape'. A picture needs to have elements that is not only a vivid image, but one underpinned by deeper roots. The presenter used one of Lanyon's famous pieces to show how it can be looked at several ways.

One of the other good things was that when Barbara Hepworth was mentioned, there was no reference to Henry Moore. As they are usually mentioned in the same breath.