Jeffrey Smart
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Jeffrey Smart
The listeners
Creation date: 1965
‘New technologies of satellite and radio dishes were integral to dramatic changes in communications in the twentieth century, creating a global interconnectedness. They also engendered a sense of the real world becoming more like science fiction,’ writes exhibition curator Deborah Hart.
A radar dish sits ominously behind the figure at the centre of Smart’s The listeners. A wind appears to rustle the long grass as the darkened sky looms overhead, creating a sense of foreboding.
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