British art from Henry Moore to Banksy

In this course we will consider some of the great names in British Art. We will begin with a lecture on sculpture (including the work of Henry Moore and Barbara Hepworth, for example). Next, we will consider British Pop Art and Op Art. In our third lecture we will consider Surrealism in Britain, and British Afro-Surrealist artists such as Yinka Shonibare. In our penultimate lecture, we will consider Young British Artists such as Tracy Emin and Damian Hirst as well as street artist Banksy, before moving on to key issues in 21st-century British Art (AI, restitution and activism).