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Front Row: David Vann, Terence Davies, Albert Moore

David Vann, Terence Davies, Albert Moore

05/04/2017

BBC Radio 4 - Front Row, David Vann, Terence Davies, Albert Moore

Novelist David Vann, film director Terence Davies, British abstract artist Albert Moore.

Novelist David Vann on retelling the Medea myth, Terence Davies on his film about American poet Emily Dickinson, a new exhibition about British abstract artist Albert Moore.

David Vann is an Alaskan novelist with a love of the sea and boats. He talks about his latest novel Bright Air Black, which is a visceral retelling of the Medea Myth, imagining her journey across the Black Sea with Jason as they flee with the stolen Golden Fleece.

Film director Terence Davies discusses him latest film, A Quiet Passion, about the American poet Emily Dickinson. He reveals how a passion for her poetry became a fascination with her life, and how the more he discovered about her - her withdrawal from life and her spiritual quest to make sense of religion - the more he empathised with her.

A 19th century son of York - the artist Albert Moore - is the subject of a new exhibition at York Art Gallery which makes the argument that Moore is a forefather of British abstract art. Moore, known for his detailed paintings of women draped in classical robes, never achieved the kind of fame and prosperity enjoyed by his friends such as Whistler who described him as "the greatest artist that, in the century, England might have cared for and called her own". Professor Elizabeth Prettejohn explains why Moore matters.

Presenter: Kirsty Lang
Producer: Jack Soper.

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