Gillray’s timeless cartoons
Procartoonists.org member Pete Dredge was interviewed on the subject of the political cartoonist James Gillray for the BBC’s Sunday Politics Show in the East Midlands: Watch it here
Pete visits a new exhibition of Gillray’s work at the Nottingham Contemporary gallery and talks about how the 18th-century cartoonist’s work strikes a chord with modern audiences with its parallels to today’s events.
The free exhibition runs until July 1 — click here for details. To tie in with the exhibition there is also a series of talks, The Critical Currency of Caricature, which looks at the relationship between cartoons and politics.
Andrew Birch said on May 16, 2012
Televisual fame at last, Pete! Expect offers of modelling, fronting adverts for lawn mowers etc to come flooding in.
Cathy Simpson said on May 16, 2012
Oooh… all that luvverly cross-hatching… ecstasy…!