State of the art. Part 5: Politics

POLITICS:The work of each of the artists in this film has an explicit political dimension.

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Credits

producer/director

Geoff Dunlop

Duration

00:52:00:00

Production places

United Kingdom

Production dates

1986

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

300276

Language

English

Subject categories

Crafts & Visual Arts → Art

Crafts & Visual Arts → Painting

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Political science

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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United Kingdom, 1986

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