Sunshine plays an important role in all aspects of life but there has been little social analysis of the sun and its place in our world. Recently experts have warned us that the sun's rays are dangerous. Yet, the sun-tan can still be taken as a sign of health. How did we arrive at this ambivalent relationship to the sun and what does this say about our changing attitudes to the human body and environment? Rise and Shine takes as its starting point a view of sunlight as part of our material and social culture. How did the use of sunlight to treat TB and rickets in the early twentieth...
Sunshine plays an important role in all aspects of life but there has been little social analysis of the sun and its place in our world. Recently e...
@PaintBritain: 45 contemporary painters looks at painting in Britain in the 21st century and catalogues the 2014/15 exhibition of the same name at Ipswich Art School Gallery. It is a project of Contemporary British Painting established in 2012 by artists Simon Carter and Robert Priseman. Introduction by Robert Priseman, essay by Simon Carter, biographical details and colour illustrations of work by 45 painters.
@PaintBritain: 45 contemporary painters looks at painting in Britain in the 21st century and catalogues the 2014/15 exhibition of the same name at Ips...
