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Arena: Art and Design

on BBC Two England

This month includes:
The Continuous Diary
11.20 am 12 February 1974 a man in a new overcoat and an astrakhan hat, the weekend shopping in his arms, walking along the pavement barking loudly like a dog.'
Ten years ago, Ian Breakwell discarded paints and canvas to dedicate himself to his diary, a day-by-day record in words and pictures. ' I'm looking for an art-form as good as the view from my window.' Dine's Drawings
Jim Dine, the American artist who first became famous in the New York pop-art scene of the early 60s, explains why he has recently felt the need to go back to drawing the human figure.
'What I've made is, I think, a revealing of myself that you cannot reveal by drawing tools, or objects or metaphorical things.'
Plus Commercial Break - news and pictures about current events in the arts.

Contributors

Director:
Michael Dibb
Director:
Alan Yentob
Producer:
Leslie Megahey

BBC Two England

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