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Madness (Mark Bedford; Daniel ('Woody') Woodgate; Christopher Foreman; Suggs; Chris Smith; Mike Barson; Lee Thompson)
1 of 4 portraits of Mike Barson
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Madness (Mark Bedford; Daniel ('Woody') Woodgate; Christopher Foreman; Suggs; Chris Smith; Mike Barson; Lee Thompson)
by Jill Furmanovsky
bromide fibre print, 1980
Acquired from Jill Furmanovsky, 1999
Photographs Collection
NPG x125370
Artistback to top
- Jill Furmanovsky (1953-), Photographer. Artist or producer of 9 portraits, Sitter in 1 portrait.
Sittersback to top
- Mike Barson (1958-), Musician; member of Madness. Sitter in 4 portraits. Identify
- Mark Bedford (1961-), Musician; member of Madness. Sitter in 4 portraits. Identify
- Christopher Foreman (1958-), Musician; member of Madness. Sitter in 4 portraits. Identify
- Chas Smash (Cathal Smythe) (1959-), Musician; member of Madness. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- Suggs (Graham McPherson) (1961-), Musician; member of Madness. Sitter in 4 portraits. Identify
- Lee Thompson (1957-), Musician; member of Madness. Sitter in 4 portraits. Identify
- Daniel ('Woody') Woodgate (1960-), Musician; member of Madness. Sitter in 4 portraits. Identify
Linked publicationsback to top
- Hoare, Philip; Pepper, Terence, Icons of Pop, 1999 (accompanying the exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery from 4 June -19 September 1999), p. 58
Events of 1980back to top
Current affairs
Margaret Thatcher makes one of her most famous speeches, living up to her nickname of 'the Iron Lady'. The speech was given to the Conservative Party conference in Brighton in response to the media speculation that the party would go back on its counter-inflationary policies: 'The lady's not for turning!'Art and science
John Lennon is murdered on the steps of his house. After fatally shooting him, Mark David Chapman calmly sat down on the pavement and waited to be arrested by police. Chapman had a history of mental illness and claimed that he had committed the murder as a way of getting attention.International
Iraq invades Iran, beginning eight years of conflict. The invasion followed years of border disputes, but was precipitated by the 1979 revolution in Iran and the resulting instability which Saddam Hussein saw as an opportunity to expand Iraqi influence in the region. Despite early gains for Iraq, the conflict soon descended into a war of attrition with huge causalities caused by Iraq's use of chemical weapons.Comments back to top
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