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Ofili, Chris
Popcorn Shells
1995
Riley, Bridget
Movement in Squares
1961
Shonibare, MBE, Yinka
The Crowning
2007
Hepworth, Barbara
Icon
1957
Anderson, Hurvin
Is it okay to be black?
2016
Bacon, Francis
Head VI
1949
Lucas, Sarah
Self Portrait with Fried Eggs (from Self Portraits series 1990-98)
1996
Wearing, Gillian
60 Minutes Silence
1996
Perry, Grayson
Spirit Jar
1994
Wardill, Emily
Born Winged Animals and Honey Gatherers of the Soul
2006
Mellors, Nathaniel
Hippy Dialectics
2010
Caro, Anthony
Slow Movement
1965
Hatoum, Mona
+ and -
1994
Tillmans, Wolfgang
Gedser
2004
Paterson, Katie
Totality
2015
Warren, Rebecca
Regine
2007
Freud, Lucian
Girl in a Green Dress
1954
Hodgkin, Howard
Indian Room, from 5 Rooms
1968
Hart, Emma
Fork Face
2017
Hiorns, Roger
Nunhead
2004
Bell, Graham
Baylham Mill
1940
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New Touring Exhibition curated by Yinka Shonibare MBE: Criminal Ornamentation
27 Jul 2018
The Arts Council Collection’s new national touring exhibition, Criminal Ornamentation: Yinka Shonibare MBE curates the Arts Council Collection, opens at Attenborough Arts Centre, Leicester on 21 September, before touring to venues in Exeter, Wakefield and Southampton.
Criminal Ornamentation explores the cultural and social dimensions of the use of pattern in art. The exhibition title refers to Adolf Loos' 'Ornament and Crime...
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