{"id":21639,"date":"2025-10-08T17:42:42","date_gmt":"2025-10-08T21:42:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/?p=21639"},"modified":"2025-10-08T17:45:40","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T21:45:40","slug":"gallery-talk-fall-25-interns-on-ralph-steadman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/2025\/10\/08\/gallery-talk-fall-25-interns-on-ralph-steadman\/","title":{"rendered":"Gallery Talk: Fall \u201925 Interns on Ralph Steadman"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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From Left to Right: Iffat Ikram \u201828, Lucy Read \u201827, Brigid Gaffny \u201828.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On the afternoon of Friday, October 3, three of the museum\u2019s student interns delivered impressive gallery talks about artwork from the current exhibition, Ralph Steadman: And Another Thing<\/em>. Iffat Ikram \u201828 presented insightful commentary on the representation of the subjects in Steadman’s Animal Farm <\/em>illustrations. Her gallery talk compared two illustrations, In the Beginning <\/em>and How it all Went Wrong<\/em>, and discussed the specific moments they represent in George Orwell\u2019s novella. The presentation outlined the key plot points of Animal Farm<\/em>, and discussed the ways in which Steaman\u2019s compositional choices foreshadow the corrupting nature of power that Orwell sought to portray.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lucy Read \u201827 then led the audience through a close-looking of Steadman\u2019s Mother and Child #2<\/em>. The black-and-white ink illustration is a work that Steadman created in the 1980s in support of World Aid\u2019s stamp-out-famine initiative. Lucy\u2019s commentary centered on the compositional choices the artist made, and they ways in which they cement Mother and Child #2 <\/em>as one of Steadman\u2019s most politically charged pieces. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brigid Gaffny \u201828 closed out the program with wonderful context for two works belonging to Steadman\u2019s Gonzovationist series, Philippine Eagle Thinkin\u2019 <\/em>and Di Dodo<\/em>. She highlighted the extensive work Steadman has done for animal conservation causes and gave context to the artist\u2019s unique \u201cDirty Water\u201d illustration technique that can be seen throughout the show. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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