| The Independent Group Contributor(s): Massey, Anne (Author) |
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ISBN: 0719042453 ISBN-13: 9780719042454 Publisher: Manchester University Press OUR PRICE: $36.05 Product Type: Paperback Published: November 1995 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Art | European - Art | History - Modern (late 19th Century To 1945) - Art | Popular Culture |
| Dewey: 709.41 |
| LCCN: 95003509 |
| Series: Critical Introductions to Art S |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 6.18" W x 9.15" (0.86 lbs) 160 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1940's - Chronological Period - 1950's - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This study looks at the artists, designers and writers who formed the Independent Group in the early 1950s including such influential figures as Richard Hamilton, Eduardo Paolozzi, Nigel Henderson, William Turnball, Rayner Banham and Alison and Peter Smithson. As a group they aimed to raise the status of popular objects and icons within modern visual culture. The development of the Independent Group is mapped out against the changing nature of modernism during the Cold War era, as well as the impact of mass consumption on post-war British society. In this book, Massey examines the cultural context of the formation of the Group, covering the founding of the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London, the meanings of modernism, and the creation of a national identity. Key exhibitions such as Parallel of Life and Art and This Is Tomorrow are also examined. |