The Disordered Eye

Disabled artist and filmmaker Richard Butchins challenges the importance of good vision in making great art.

From examining the work of Monet and Degas and some leading contemporary artists, Richard discovers surprising revelations about the effect of impaired vision on many painters of the last 150 years and beyond.

The film also reveals how new scientific methods, progressive social initiatives and groundbreaking technology are shedding light on the lives of our most treasured masters, and opening up the art world to people who would never previously have been able to access it.

The Disordered Eye is a What Larks Production. It was commissioned for BBC Arts and BBC Four by Mark Bell. Executive Producer is Claire Whalley.

Publicity contact: JH