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22/10/2009

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Texting Andy Warhol

Are words on a gallery wall art or literature? Bidisha looks at text in art.

Are words on a gallery wall art or literature? The writer Bidisha looks at the use of text in in the visual arts. From 2009.

Does a picture made from words count as literature or art? 

Bidisha talks to gallery visitors reading Richard Long's words on the walls - how is that different from a book by Dali?  

With Keith Tyson, Fiona Banner, Ed Ruscha and John Baldessari. 

Producer: Robyn Read

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2009.

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