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Abstraction, Modernism, Neoclassicism, Carving
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VocalEyes
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Children, Men, Women, Fruit and vegetables, Animals, wild

Artworks across the UK

This playlist comprises 25 audio descriptions of artworks in collections across the UK. The descriptions were created by VocalEyes for Art UK Sculpture, a national project to document and increase access to the UK's publicly owned sculpture. Transcripts are available on our learning pages.

The playlist takes a tour of the UK, first describing artworks in collections in Scotland, Northern Ireland and the North of England.

Kenneth James Matheson 1861 Alexander Munro (1825–1871)
Clytie William Henry Rinehart (1825–1874)
The Harpy Celaeno 1902 Mary Pownall (1862–1937)
Aerie 2010 Lizzie Farey (b.1962)
Woman in a Bomb Blast 1974 F. E. McWilliam (1909–1992)
Eve 1929 Edna Manley (1900–1987)
Eternal Spring Auguste Rodin (1840–1917)

The playlist moves on to describe artworks in collections in the Midlands, Wales and the South of England.

Gigantic Pumpkin 2008 Kate Malone (b.1959)
Francis Fawcett (d.1972) 1970s John Letts (1930–2010)
Wild Boar 1961 Elisabeth Frink (1930–1993)
Artificial Sun 1964 Eduardo Luigi Paolozzi (1924–2005)
Crouching Venus c.1600 Antonio Susini (1558–1624)
Portrait of Peter 1970–1972 Peter Palmer (active 1970–1972)
Lady Godiva John Thomas (1813–1862)
Impressions of the Boulevard: Woman with a Veil 1893 Medardo Rosso (1858–1928)
Edward, Prince of Wales 1891 Victor of Hohenlohe-Langenburg ('Count Gleichen') (1833–1891)
Untitled (Slade Pinboard) 2018 Rachel Whiteread (b.1963)
Four Figures Waiting 1968 Barbara Hepworth (1903–1975) and Morris Singer Art Foundry Ltd (founded 1927)

Please note that some of the artworks described are not yet on Art UK, but will be added soon.

Art Matters podcast: how blind and partially sighted people engage with visual art 26 March 2019, Ferren Gipson
Announcing our new sculpture project 21 June 2017, Katey Goodwin
Breaking the mould: sculpture by women since 1945 8 May 2020, Natalie Rudd
Fighting the content gender gap: underrepresented women sculptors 7 November 2019, Sarah Harmon and Lydia Figes
Announcing our sculpture learning and engagement programme 15 January 2018, Laura Woodfield
Celebrating our sculpture coordinators 26 June 2020, Katey Goodwin, Hazel Buchan Cameron and Alison Mitchelson
Does sculpture have to be abstract to be considered complex? 19 August 2019, Patricia Yaker Ekall
Breathing life into clay: Rodin and modern sculpture 14 May 2020, Julia Carver
Barbara Hepworth: artist in society 1948–1953 25 April 2019, Sophie Bowness
The naked muse: to see or be seen? 24 May 2016, Kelley Swain