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Amadeo Modigliani

n this episode, Myatt takes his students to the Sunbeam Studios in West London to emulate an artist who shocked the art world with his erotic take on the nude, Amadeo Modigliani. John's three students are all talented artists in their own right, although this challenge has thrown one of them completely out of his comfort zone. Jamie Sinclair is an airbrush artist, often spraying directly onto motorbikes, but he is now faced with capturing a Modigliani nude on canvas - with a paintbrush. It's one thing to paint the model you see in front of you, but it's another to grasp the eroticism of a Modiglinani. The worst case scenario is to end up with an unsexy painting and before long, John is worried that this is where his students are heading... Back in the studio, John reveals a trade secret from his criminal past; a rather unorthodox way to create an authentic glaze on his forgeries - lubricating jelly...

English
  • Runtime 90 minutes
  • Network Sky Arts
  • Created March 9, 2012 by
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