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Goldsmiths: But Is It Art?

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Goldsmiths: But Is It Art?: Episode 1

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BBC Four - Goldsmiths: But Is It Art?, Episode 1

Following artists from Goldsmiths during the run up to their final masters show.

Documentary following a group of student artists from Goldsmiths as they struggle to make art and a name for themselves during the run up to their final masters show.

Goldsmiths is renowned for producing a generation of well-known contemporary artists, including the likes of Damien Hirst and five other Turner prize winners. But what is behind its unrivalled reputation for producing the art stars of the future? 

The first in a two-part documentary follows a group of student artists from Goldsmiths as they struggle to make art and a name for themselves during the run up to their final masters show, where dealers and collectors jostle to sign up the latest art sensation. 

The artists are all desperate to make the kind of work that will propel them to centre stage in the art world, but only a chosen few will succeed. The film explores the culture of contemporary art through the ambitions, influences and attitudes of the next generation of young British artists.

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Documentary which follows a group of artists from the influential Goldsmiths University

Documentary which follows a group of artists from the highly-influential Goldsmiths University as they struggle to make art and a name for themselves during the run up to their final masters show

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