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Excuse my Leonard French

Tim Ross: Constant

Published 27 November 2020
13 minutes

Constant, presented by Tim Ross in partnership with the National Gallery of Australia, is an experimental digital exhibition highlighting the formative power of art, exploring its role as a silent influencer and sometimes unacknowledged yet constant presence in our lives.

Leonard French’s stained-glass sculpture The Four Seasons provides the backdrop to Tim’s trip down memory lane to his days at La Trobe University in the 1990s. The work of art – commissioned by the university in 1977 – has, over time, taken on greater significance in his memories.

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