Plan B on his new album, Women in Chinese art, plus art reproduced on household items.
Plan B discusses Heaven Before All Hell Breaks Loose, his new album, the ways women have been portayed in Chinese art, plus from Picasso to Grayson Perry - art on household items.
Plan B - the singer, director and actor, aka Ben Drew - releases his fourth studio album this week. Plan B discusses Heaven Before All Hell Breaks Loose, featuring songs that reflect how his life has changed since his last album six years ago.
From Picasso to Grayson Perry, design critic Corinne Julius and the Royal Academy of Art's commercial director Jo Prosser discuss the history and trends in artists' work reproduced on homewares.
We hear about a new exhibition of Chinese art exploring the portrayal of women - as wives, mothers, workers, and students - over the past 100 years, which opens tomorrow at Oxford's Ashmolean Museum.
Presenter: John Wilson
Producer: Julian May.
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Plan B
Duration: 10:17
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Women in Chinese art
Duration: 08:51
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Wellcome Prize Winner
Duration: 03:33
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Art on household items
Duration: 05:31
Plan B
Plan B's new album Heaven Before All Hell Breaks Loose is available from 4 May
Main image: Plan B
A Century of Women in Chinese Art
Made
Gao (1919-2007)
Scene
from White Snake 1990
Ink
and colour on paper
Courtesy
of the Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford
©
Estate of Made Gao
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Presenter | John Wilson |
| Interviewed Guest | Plan B |
| Interviewed Guest | Corrine Julius |
| Interviewed Guest | Jo Prosser |
| Producer | Julian May |
| Interviewed Guest | Wang Di |
| Interviewed Guest | Shelagh Vainker |
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- Mon 30 Apr 2018 19:15BBC Radio 4
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