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Bard Attitude

WILLIAMS, Bedwyr
Bard Attitude
Image: © Bedwyr Williams/Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
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The artist is pictured in a dramatic landscape, a harp perched precariously on a rocky outcrop above a river. His robes and fake white beard blow in the breeze. Williams draws on Philip James de Loutherbourg (1740-1812) and his iconic image of The Bard in a playful comment on constructions of Welsh identity and history.


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Details


Collection

Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales

Item Number

NMW A 29477

Creation/Production

WILLIAMS, Bedwyr
Role: Artist
Role: Photographer
Period: 2005

Measurements

Height (cm): 150
Width (cm): 100

Material

Photographic print

Location

In store
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  • Active In The 21St Century
  • Fine Art
  • Harp
  • Humour
  • Identity
  • Photograph
  • Poet
  • River, River Bank
  • Valleys Re-Told
  • Welsh History
  • Works On Paper

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