Horses in Art
Chiedza Mhondoro, assistant curator at Tate Britain, discussed the idea that how horses are shown in art reflects our relationship with them and the different roles they play. The talk was a little repetitive to begin with as she laid out those roles but came together when she returned to them with examples of three or four works of art and examples of each. It might have been better to combine the discussion of the roles and the examples from the start for clarity.
The roles she covered ranged from agricultural use, transport, role in conflict, mythology, literature, recreation and sport and their place in the human imagination. She used a good range of examples from Stubbs to contemporary art.
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