Stories in Colour
Season 1, Episode 6
The National Gallery
David Batchelor features in episode 6 of The National Gallery's new podcast Stories in Colour.
Where did all the colour go? And how might Western culture have feared it, or deemed it superficial, in art and philosophy?
In this episode, The National Gallery celebrate the 25th anniversary of the seminal book ‘Chromophobia’ with its author David Batchelor, who reflects on these ideas a quarter of a century on. David speaks to National Gallery host Beks Leary about ideas of colour from philosopher Plato and artist Paul Cezanne, to the film ‘The Wizard of Oz’, photojournalist Don McCullin and pop artist Andy Warhol. They also ask the pressing question: ‘is beige a passive aggressive colour?’
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