BRITISH FOLK ART │ Compton Verney, Warwickshire, 27 September → 14 December 2014 (previously at Tate Britain)

Gunr Bwldi, SÚNBĪM (1875-80), Comtn Vrni Hâs Trust

GOD IN A BOTL, ātist uņôn, Bīmiš Myziym. Fôto: Māċs Līʈ n Andru Duncli

LEƉR TÔBI JUGZ, ātist uņôn. Brmñm Myziymz trust

Jwj Smāt, GŪSWMN, c. 1840. Tunbrij Welz Myziym n Ātgaḷri

Jwj Smāt, OLD BRÎT Ɖ PÔSTMN, Tunbrij Welz Myziym n Ātgaḷri

Āʈr Anḍsn, RÔPSELR’Z SÎN IN Ɖ FWM V A SÊLR, Bristl Myziymz n Ātgaḷri

BÔNCOCṚL, ātist uņôn. Pīṭbra Myziym

Jêmz Wiłmz, Rexm, PAČWRC BEDCUVR. St. Fêgnz Našnl Histrīmyziym, Cādif

Alfrid Wolis, Ɖ BLU ŠIP, c. 1934

FRAGMNT V A FIGRHED FṚM HMŠ CALCUTA. Fôto: Ana Pātñtn

FRAGMNT V A FIGRHED. Fôto: Ana Pātñtn

AN ASWTMNT V OVRSÎZD OBJCTS, inclūdñ a būt yzd to adṿtîz a coblr’z. Fôto: Ana Pātñtn

A HĀT PINCŬŠN, Bīmiš Myziym, Duṛm. Fôto: Māċs Līʈ

D.J. Wiłmz, Đ FOR OLZ, Gwinid Myziym n Ātgaḷri

CRÎMIYN QILT, ātist uņôn. Tunbrij Welz Myziym n Ātgaḷri

“Az pāt v âr 10^ʈ anivrsrīseḷbrešnz n az hom t wn v ɖ YC’z ljst c̣lẋnz v Britiš Fôcāt w r dlîtd t b hôstñ an xibišn ẇč z ɖ frst mêjr srve v Britiš Fôcāt. Ovr 150 pêntñz, sculpčrz, txtîlz n objcts hv bn drwn tgɖr fṛm c̣lẋnz acrs ɖ cuntri in an xibišn ɖt wl seḷbrêt fôcāt in ɖ YC.

Fôcāt z an istablišt subjct in mni cuntriz; hvr in Britn ɖ žãra rmenz ilusv. Rerli cnsidrd in ɖ contxt v āthistri, Fôcāt hz bn vyd az pāt v sošl histri or fôclor studiz. Ɖs šo ynîts an xtrōdnri ṣlẋn v objcts, xplorñ ɖ ʈrešhold btwn āt n āṭfact n čaḷnjñ pspšnz v hî āt.

Ɖ xibišn includz ṣprîzñ n dvrs xamplz v Britiš Fôcāt, fṛm rustic leɖr Tôbi jugz t brîtli culrd šips’ figrhedz. Ɖ impozñ ljr-ɖn-lîfsîz ʈačt figr v Cñ Alfrid crietd bî a mastrʈačr, Jesi Mêcoc, in 1960 z jst wn v ɖ hîlîts v ɖ xibišn. Uɖr hîlîts includ maritîm imbrýdri bî fišrmn Jon Crasc, an intric̣tli dzînd pincŭšn md bî wūndd soljrz jrñ ɖ Crîmiyn wor, šopsînz n ẇrlīgigz.

Ẇl mč Fôcāt z anonims, ɖs xibišn olso priznts wrcs bî a nmbr v prominnt indivijlz. Amñst ɖz ci figrz r Jwj Smāt ɖ têlr v Frant, eminnt imbrýdrr Mẹri Linẉd n Cwniš pêntr Alfrid Wolis. Ofn nglctd in ɖ stwri v āt in Britn, ɖ inclužn v ɖz ātists emz t rı̣ses ɖer pzišn in āthistri.

Ɖ xibišn z kretd bî Mātin Mîron, Kretr, Têt Britn, Rūʈ Ceni, Asistnt Kretr, Têt Britn, n ātist Jef McMiḷn.

Đ xibišn hz bn ōgnîzd bî ɖ Têt in c̣laḅrešn wɖ Comtn Vrni.”

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