Artist Unknown
| Created: | 2019-07-04 10:04 |
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| Institution: | Office of External Affairs and Communications |
| Description: | What happens when we don’t know who made something?
Each object talked about in this podcast has an unknown maker. Why are they unknown? Is it important that we know? And how much can an object tell us about the person who made it? This podcast series is part of an exhibition titled Artist: Unknown at Kettle's Yard in Cambridge. In collaboration with the University of Cambridge Museums, it brings together works of art from across the University’s collections from July to September 2019. |
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Barkcloth
Nicholas Thomas, Director at the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, talks about a 19th / early 20th century barkcloth. Both a museum object and an extraordinary work of art,...
Collection: Artist Unknown
Institution: Office of External Affairs and Communications
Created: Thu 4 Jul 2019
Head of Apollo
Every cast in the Museum of Classical Archaeology is a hybrid – the work of both the ancient sculptor and the modern cast maker.
Dr Susanne Turner, Curator at the Museum of...
Collection: Artist Unknown
Institution: Office of External Affairs and Communications
Created: Thu 4 Jul 2019
Putty-nosed Monkey
Is taxidermy a craft or art? Can natural history specimens be an artwork? Who made this putty-nosed monkey? And while we're here, can a fox snarl?
Jack Ashby, Museum Manager at...
Collection: Artist Unknown
Institution: Office of External Affairs and Communications
Created: Thu 4 Jul 2019
Recognition sketches of the coast of Spitsbergen & Scrimshaw
Whalers. Expert Navigators, but also expert artists?
Charlotte Connelly, Curator at The Polar Museum, tells us about some atmospheric ink drawings and scrimshaw created by...
Collection: Artist Unknown
Institution: Office of External Affairs and Communications
Created: Thu 4 Jul 2019
Sampler
What would a young woman's CV from the past look like?
Helen Ritchie, Research Assistant at The Fitzwilliam Museum, talks about samplers and the role they played for young...
Collection: Artist Unknown
Institution: Office of External Affairs and Communications
Created: Thu 4 Jul 2019
Scientific instruments
What happens when the artist doesn't want to be known, and why would that be?
Josh Nall, Curator of Modern Sciences at the Whipple Museum of the History of Science, talks about...
Collection: Artist Unknown
Institution: Office of External Affairs and Communications
Created: Thu 4 Jul 2019
Tea bowl
Eliza Spindel, Curatorial and Research Assistant at Kettle's Yard, tells us about a tea bowl from Kettle's Yard and a case of mistaken identity. Not only does the maker change,...
Collection: Artist Unknown
Institution: Office of External Affairs and Communications
Created: Thu 4 Jul 2019