Art & the 60s : this was tomorrow / edited by Chris Stephens and Katharine Stout ; with essays by Barry Curtis ... [and others] ; contributions by Lizzie Carey-Thomas ... [and others].

Format:

• Book

Contributor:

• Stephens, Chris.
• Stout, Katharine, 1973-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Arts--20th century--Exhibitions.
• Arts.

Genre:

• Exhibition catalogs.

Physical Description:

160 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm

Other Title:

• Art and the 60s
• Art and the sixties

Place of Publication:

London : Tate Pub. ; New York : Distributed in North America by Harry N. Abrams, 2004.

Summary:

The 1960s was arguably the most exciting and dynamic decade in post-war British culture. In an age when the values and structure of society were changing almost as fast as the technology that was reshaping daily life, equally radical changes took place in the form and content of British art. Art and the 60s presents a comprehensive cultural history of the period, exploring a wide range of visual media, including fine art, architecture and photography, examining works in the context of such phenomena as Americanisation, the breakdown of the divide between 'high' and 'low' culture, pop music, the sexual revolution and the growth of the counter-culture. Beautifully illustrated throughout and featuring contributions by leading writers on the period, Art and the 60s is both a history of the art of a generation and the portait of an era. It features work by artists and photographers including David Bailey, Peter Blake, Anthony Caro, Robyn Denny, Richard Hamilton, David Hockney, Allen Jones, Phillip King, John Latham, Gustav Metzger, Eduardo Paolozzi, Bridget Riley, Colin Self and Joe Tilson.

Contents:

• This Was Tomorrow / Chris Stephens, Katharine Stout 8
• William Green / Toby Treves 42
• 'A Highly Mobile and Plastic Environ' / Barry Curtis 46
• Colin Self and the Bomb / Ben Tufnell 64
• Realism, Satire, Blow-Ups: Photography and the Culture of Social Modernisation / David Alan Mellor 68
• Sculpture at St Martin's / Rachel Tant 88
• A Poetics of Dissent; Notes on a Developing Counterculture in London in The Early Sixties / Andrew Wilson 92
• Bruce Lacey, The Womaniser 1966 / Adrian Glew 112
• British Architecture in the Sixties / Simon Sadler 116
• Richard Hamilton, Swingeing London 67 / Lizzie Carey-Thomas 134
• Selected Chronology: 1956-69 / Hymie Dunn, Katharine Stout 138.

Notes:

• Published on the occasion of the exhibition Tate Britain, London, 30 June-3 October 2004.
• Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-153) and index.

ISBN:

1854375229

OCLC:

56460330