This is another of our Art Snap curations here on ArtUK. This curation is also available as a video with commentary by our Collections and Exhibitions Officer, Katie Ackrill. Head over to the Swindon Museum and Art Gallery YouTube channel to watch the video.
‘Pop and Prosperity’ highlights artworks from Swindon’s collection, which reflect a new era of possibility and positivity in post-war Britain, with a particular focus on the 1960s.

3 artworks
Interior Study (a)
© estate of Richard Hamilton. All rights reserved, DACS 2024. Image credit: Museum & Art Swindon

Interior Study (a) 1964

Richard Hamilton (1922–2011)

Oil & collage on paper

H 38.1 x W 50.8 cm

Museum & Art Swindon

Box That Never Closes
© Michael Craig-Martin. Courtesy Gagosian Gallery. Image credit: Museum & Art Swindon

Box That Never Closes 1967

Michael Craig-Martin (b.1941)

Blockboard, polyurethane paint, varnish & brass hardware

H 61 x W 61 x D 61 cm

Museum & Art Swindon

Play: Here We Exemplify (Fugato) the Additive Perseverative and Subtractive Modes, Thesis as Object and Artwork as Residue of Process
© All rights reserved, DACS 2024. Image credit: Museum & Art Swindon

Play: Here We Exemplify (Fugato) the Additive Perseverative and Subtractive Modes, Thesis as Object and Artwork as Residue of Process 1968

Tom Phillips (1937–2022)

Acrylic on canvas

H 45.7 x W 152 cm

Museum & Art Swindon