Hauser & Wirth: BRONZE AGE c. 3500 BC – AD 2017

Mary Beard, Professor of Classics at the University of Cambridge, provides an audio guide to artworks, artefacts and objects made in bronze included in Hauser & Wirth's presentation at Frieze London 2017 'BRONZE AGE c. 3500 BC – AD 2017'.

1. Introduction

Mary Beard introduces 'BRONZE AGE c. 3500 BC – AD 2017', Hauser & Wirth's fictional Bronze Age presentation from a forgotten museum at Frieze London 2017. BRONZE AGE c. 3500 BC – AD 2017, Hauser & Wirth at Frieze London, 5 – 8 October 2017. Mary Beard is Professor of Classics at University of Cambridge.

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2. Anna Maria Maiolino

Mary Beard on Anna Maria Maiolino's 'Entre Si (Among Itself)’ from Hilomorfos (Hylomorphs) series (2016). BRONZE AGE c. 3500 BC – AD 2017, Hauser & Wirth at Frieze London, 5 – 8 October 2017. Mary Beard is Professor of Classics at University of Cambridge.

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3. Unknown Axe

Mary Beard on an Unknown Axe. Generously loaned from Great North Museum. BRONZE AGE c. 3500 BC – AD 2017, Hauser & Wirth at Frieze London, 5 – 8 October 2017. Mary Beard is Professor of Classics at University of Cambridge.

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4. David Smith

Mary Beard on David Smith's sculpture 'Untitled' (1959). BRONZE AGE c. 3500 BC – AD 2017, Hauser & Wirth at Frieze London, 5 – 8 October 2017. Mary Beard is Professor of Classics at University of Cambridge.

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5. Peck Meausuring Vessel

Mary Beard on an official peck measuring vessel belonging to Richard Hudson and Charles Wollaston, Gentleman Bailiffs for the Corporation of Ludlow (1793). Generously loaned from Shrewsbury Museum & Art Gallery. BRONZE AGE c. 3500 BC – AD 2017, Hauser & Wirth at Frieze London, 5 – 8 October 2017. Mary Beard is Professor of Classics at University of Cambridge.

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6. Subodh Gupta

Mary Beard on Subodh Gupta's 'Food for Others' (2013). BRONZE AGE c. 3500 BC – AD 2017, Hauser & Wirth at Frieze London, 5 – 8 October 2017. Mary Beard is Professor of Classics at University of Cambridge.

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7. Holy Water Situla

Mary Beard on an Irish Catholic Holy Water Situla (ca. 1780 / eBay item number: 122650743236). BRONZE AGE c. 3500 BC – AD 2017, Hauser & Wirth at Frieze London, 5 – 8 October 2017. Mary Beard is Professor of Classics at University of Cambridge.

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8. Martin Creed

Mary Beard on Martin Creed's 'Work No. 1650' (2012).BRONZE AGE c. 3500 BC – AD 2017, Hauser & Wirth at Frieze London, 5 – 8 October 2017. Mary Beard is Professor of Classics at University of Cambridge.

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9. Medieval Rings

Mary Beard on Medieval bronze and lappis bronze rings (eBay item number: 201991578252 and 201991576443). BRONZE AGE c. 3500 BC – AD 2017 , Hauser & Wirth at Frieze London , 5 – 8 October 2017. Mary Beard is Professor of Classics at University of Cambridge.

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10. Marcel Duchamp

Mary Beard on Marcel Duchamp's ‘Bouche-Evier (Sink stopper)’ (conceived 1964 / cast 1981). BRONZE AGE c. 3500 BC – AD 2017 , Hauser & Wirth at Frieze London , 5 – 8 October 2017. Mary Beard is Professor of Classics at University of Cambridge.

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11. Bronze Age Sword / Dagger

Mary Beard on Bronze Age Sword / Dagger (eBay item number: 253018424060). BRONZE AGE c. 3500 BC – AD 2017 , Hauser & Wirth at Frieze London , 5 – 8 October 2017. Mary Beard is Professor of Classics at University of Cambridge.

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12. Bronze Souvenir

Mary Beard on Bronze Souvenir discovered in Menorca, Spain. BRONZE AGE c. 3500 BC – AD 2017 , Hauser & Wirth at Frieze London , 5 – 8 October 2017. Mary Beard is Professor of Classics at University of Cambridge.

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13. Fausto Melotti

Mary Beard on Fausto Melotti's ‘Scultura n. 11 (Sculpture no. 11)’ (1934 [cast c. 1960]). BRONZE AGE c. 3500 BC – AD 2017 , Hauser & Wirth at Frieze London , 5 – 8 October 2017. Mary Beard is Professor of Classics at University of Cambridge.

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14. Menorca Bronze Necklace

Mary Beard on Bronze Necklace. Loan from Museu de Menorca.BRONZE AGE c. 3500 BC – AD 2017 , Hauser & Wirth at Frieze London , 5 – 8 October 2017. Mary Beard is Professor of Classics at University of Cambridge.

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15. Louise Bourgeois

Mary Beard on Louise Bourgeois' 'Femme' (2005). BRONZE AGE c. 3500 BC – AD 2017 , Hauser & Wirth at Frieze London , 5 – 8 October 2017. Mary Beard is Professor of Classics at University of Cambridge.

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16. Benin Bronzes

Mary Beard on Benin Bronze Bracelets. Generously loaned from Private Collection, Northamptonshire. BRONZE AGE c. 3500 BC – AD 2017 , Hauser & Wirth at Frieze London , 5 – 8 October 2017. Mary Beard is Professor of Classics at University of Cambridge.

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17. Unknown Bronze Head

Mary Beard on a bronze head dug up between Threeways and the River Brue. Generously loaned from Bruton Museum. BRONZE AGE c. 3500 BC – AD 2017 , Hauser & Wirth at Frieze London , 5 – 8 October 2017. Mary Beard is Professor of Classics at University of Cambridge.

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18. Josephsohn

Mary Beard on Josephsohn's ‘Untitled’ (1953). BRONZE AGE c. 3500 BC – AD 2017 , Hauser & Wirth at Frieze London , 5 – 8 October 2017. Mary Beard is Professor of Classics at University of Cambridge.

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