Smart’s Labyrinth

Clip 3: Every picture a defeat

1 min 54 sec

Taken from the documentary Smart’s Labyrinth (1994)

Original title classification not known – this clip chosen to be PG

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Collection: National Film and Sound Archive
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Curator’s clip description

Artist Jeffrey Smart observes that he doesn’t like viewing his finished work as 'every picture is a defeat’. At work in his studio he reflects on being inspired rather than daunted by the work and achievements of the 'old masters’ who he suggests he cannot hope to emulate.

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