'The Badminton Game', David Inshaw

Artwork details

Artist

David Inshaw (born 1943)

Title

The Badminton Game

Date 1972-3

MediumOil paint on canvas

Dimensionssupport: 1524 x 1835 mm frame: 1734 x 2045 x 103 mm

Collection

Tate

Acquisition Presented by the Friends of the Tate Gallery 1980

Reference

T03189

Not on display

Display caption

This painting, which was originally titled after a poem by Thomas Hardy, is one of a number influenced by the landscape of Wiltshire and in particular by houses and gardens in Devizes. Inshaw has written 'my main aim was to produce a picture that held a moment in time, but unlike a photograph, which only records an event. I thought a painting could give a more universal, deeper meaning to that moment by composing one instant from lots of different unrelated moments.' He has written of 'the mystery and wonder I felt all around me in this magic place'. Provisional as supplied to British Airports Authority May 1990

August 2004