Waldy & Bendy attempt an American art special. But don’t get very far. Also, the timely return of the Waldy & Bendy Awards, where the search is on for the worst statue in Britain.
AMERICAN ART
Man of the Secotan Indians in North Carolina (1585) by John White (1539-1593)
Loggerhead Turtle (1585-1593) by John White
Watercolour of Roanoke Indians by John White
Central panel of The Garden of Earthly Delights (1503-1515) by Hieronymus Bosch (c.1450-1516)
Cliff Dwellers (1913) by George Bellows (1882-1925)
The Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone (1893-1901) by Thomas Moran (1837-1926)
Freedom of Speech (1943) by Norman Rockwell (1894-1978)
Roden Crater by James Turrell (1943-)
The Beautyful Ones (2019) by Njideka Akunyili Crosby (1983)
Big Sky, Big Dreams, Big Art – Waldy’s series about American art – is available here on iPlayer and also in our shop.
THE WALDY AND BENDY AWARDS: BRITAIN’S 5 WORST STATUES
Mary Wollstonecraft (2020) by Maggi Hambling (1945-) in Newington Green
Ernie Wise (2010) by Melanie Wilks in Morley in Leeds
The Meeting Place (2007) by Paul Day (1967-) at St Pancras
Bobby Robson (2007) in Newcastle by Tom Maley
Lloyd George (2007) by Glyn Williams in Parliament Square
Oscar Wilde (1988) by Maggi Hambling in Trafalgar Square
Sir Bobby Robson by Sean-Hedges-Quinn in Suffolk
Bob Stokoe (2006) by Sean Hedges-Quinn in Sunderland
Eric Morecambe (1999) by Graham Ibbeson
ON THE WALL
A Visit from the Old Mistress (1876) by Winslow Homer (1836-1910)
Children’s Games (1942) by Dorothea Tanning (1910-2012)
