JOSEPH MORGAN SCHOFIELD
Joseph Morgan Schofield, performance artist, on a photograph of the sky in the French Pyrenees which they took on a residency in 2019. GB Tell me why you chose this. […]
A snapshot of contemporary ideals of beauty
Joseph Morgan Schofield, performance artist, on a photograph of the sky in the French Pyrenees which they took on a residency in 2019. GB Tell me why you chose this. […]
Professor David Mayer, Theatre Historian, on the poster for the play, Blue Jeans by Joseph Arthur. GB Tell me why you chose this. DM This is something that is instantly […]
Lise Mayer, comedy writer, on her grandmother’s western saddle. GB Tell me why you chose this? LM I’ve chosen my grandmother’s western saddle, which was hand made for her in […]
Kyle Taylor, author and founder of Fair Vote UK, on the Los Angeles 110/105 freeway interchange. GB Tell me why you’ve chosen this. KT I grew up in the Greater […]
Nicola Green, artist, on her representation of angels of colour. GB Tell me why you chose this. NG When I was growing up, my granny collected cherubs and she had […]
Tim Maudlin, Philosopher of Physics, on the Perseid meteor showers. GB Tell me why you chose this. TM For the last two years, and for the first time in my […]
Alexei Sayle, actor, author, stand-up comedian, television presenter, on a T-34-85 Soviet tank. GB Tell me why you chose this tank. AS My love of militaria is not the traditional […]
Polly Morgan, artist, on a piece of polystyrene packaging. GB Tell me why you chose this. PM I think I’ve often found things beautiful that other people haven’t. I’ve often […]
Martine Rose, fashion designer, on her smiley face T shirt GB Tell me why you chose your T shirt. MR I guess it’s a beautiful thing for me on loads of levels. […]
John Keane, artist, on an Owl butterfly. GB Tell me why you’ve chosen the Owl butterfly as your object of beauty JK I first encountered an Owl butterfly or Caligo, when […]
Amanda Stronza, anthropologist, professor, conservationist, and wildlife photographer, on a snapping turtle. GB Tell me why you chose the snapping turtle? AS Aesthetically, I think they’re really beautiful, they’re this muted […]
Paul Mendez, author, on In the House of My Father by Donald Rodney. GB Tell me why you chose this. PM The first time I ever saw it was in a […]
Lady Hale, Judge and Lord Temporal, on Barbara Hepworth’s Family of Man in the Yorkshire Sculpture Park. GB Tell me why you chose this. BH Well, there are lots of […]
Paul Kindersley, artist, on a car boot sale. GB Tell me why you chose a car boot sale. PK I like the Pimlico Capital Car Boot. I can walk to […]
Don Brown, artist, on the new moon. GB Tell me why you chose this. DB I thought for quite a long time about what I find beautiful, I suppose my […]
Image constructed from thousands of pictures taken from an orbiter flying around the Moon, so there is tremendous depth of detail in the full size image. The full size image […]
Nan one month after being battered, 1984. Copyright Nan Goldin. Jordan Ashley, founder of Souljourn Yoga, on Nan Goldin’s work, Nan one month after being battered. GB Tell me why […]
Markus Lupfer, fashion designer, on his picture of elephants in the Serengeti. GB Tell me why you chose this. ML I’ve chosen this because I went to the Serengeti last […]
Ellen Winner, Professor of Psychology, on Picasso’s Head of a Woman. GB Tell me why you chose this. EW I love this sculpture because it’s so beautiful. It is also […]
Saul Nash, fashion designer and choreographer, on a sculpture by Mark Jenkins GB Tell me why you chose this. SN I like the way the two bodies balance one another. […]
Colin Self, artist, on an oak tree in his garden GB Tell me why you chose your oak tree. CS I have a book that I bought off […]
Jinny Blom, landscape designer, on a cliff in France GB Tell me why you chose this. JB I just think it’s the most amazing object because it’s emerged out of […]
Michele Rafferty, stylist and creative director, on an outsider art painting GB Tell me why you chose this. MR Its the magic of finding a little something, I bought it […]