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OF ANGELS AND DIRT /
Stanley Spencer is one of the most distinctive British painters, fusing together religion and sexuality, work and leisure, nature and industry, in richly detailed paintings of everyday life. As Spencer himself put it: "I am on the side of angels and dirt". We animate his painting The Lovers (The Dustmen) for The Hepworth Wakefield's major survey of his work.
"As a child, Stanley Spencer was always rummaging in dustbins – a broken tea pot, jam tin and cabbage stalk seemed to him a wondrous holy trinity. In this short film, made for the opening of the Hepworth Wakefield’s major new exhibition of his art, Spencer’s paintings are brought vividly to life with words from the artist’s notebooks."
- The Guardian
The Lovers (The Dustmen) is from the collection of the Laing Art Gallery, Tyne and Wear Archives and Museums. Image (c) The Estate of Stanley Spencer / Bridgeman Images.
JUNE - OCTOBER 2016
THE HEPWORTH WAKEFIELD
The first major survey in 15 years of the work of one of Britain’s best loved painters, Stanley Spencer. Presented during the 125th anniversary of Spencer’s birth, the exhibition brought together over 70 works spanning his entire career, including rarely-seen self-portraits and extracts from his diaries and writings offering a unique insight into his life and work.
The exhibition explored the seemingly conflicting themes that Spencer fused together in his richly detailed paintings, of religion and sexuality, work and leisure, nature and industry, highlighting Spencer’s distinctive view of everyday life. As Spencer himself put
it, ‘I am on the side of angels and dirt’.
Leo was also engaged to produce The Hepworth Wakefield's first ever Exhibition Audioguide giving visitors an opportunity to listen to Stanley Spencer’s thoughts while viewing the work he was writing about. This gave visitors unprecedented access to one of the most unique minds of the modern era. Over £6000 of revenue was raised from this audioguide.
Produced for The Hepworth Wakefield featuring the words of Stanley Spencer
Written, Directed and Produced by Leo Crane
Animation: Chris Elwyn & Leo Crane
Digital Painting: Decochon
Music & Sound: Andrew Hayes
Narration: Sam Crane
Additional Voice: Kit Crane
Executive Producer: Celia Atkin