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Human Interest Fifty Years of British Art about People

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  • THE ROAD GANG

    THE ROAD GANG 1953

    Josef Herman (1911 – 2000)

  • THE PHILOSOPHER

    THE PHILOSOPHER 1957

    Sir Eduardo Paolozzi (1924 – 2005)

  • TABOO HOUSING ESTATE

    TABOO HOUSING ESTATE 1982

    Stephen Willats (1943 – )

  • ANCIENT GAELIC GHOST AFTER COMPLETING A TOUR OF DUTY HAUNTING THE BORDER, PASSING THROUGH A DECONTAMINATION SHOWER BEFORE GOING OFF DUTY.  NOTE THE EASTER CACTUS (LEFT) AND HOW BRIGHTLY THE CANDLE CONTINUES TO BURN

    ANCIENT GAELIC GHOST AFTER COMPLETING A TOUR OF DUTY HAUNTING THE BORDER, PASSING THROUGH A DECONTAMINATION SHOWER BEFORE GOING OFF DUTY. NOTE THE EASTER CACTUS (LEFT) AND HOW BRIGHTLY THE CANDLE CONTINUES TO BURN 1985

    Terry Atkinson (1939 – )

  • CHILD WALKING WITH CHECK TABLECLOTH

    CHILD WALKING WITH CHECK TABLECLOTH 1953

    Jack Smith (1928 – 2011)

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