The Long Front of Culture
The Independent Group and Exhibition Design
$72.90
- Hardcover
384 pages
- Release Date
14 April 2020
Summary
How a group of artists and theorists turned to exhibition design as the only medium capable of synthesizing high and low in postwar culture.In 1950s London, a cadre of young artists, theorists, and popular culture aficionados known as the Independent Group (IG) came together for a series of pressing meetings. Their humble goal- to reimagine the structure of postwar culture by situating art in the midst of military-industrial technologies and pop pleasures. In this book, Kevin Lotery argues th…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262043892 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0262043890 |
| Author: | Kevin Lotery |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 384 |
| Release Date: | 14 April 2020 |
| Weight: | 666g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 178mm x 25mm |
| Series: | October Books |
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About The Author
Kevin Lotery
Kevin Lotery is Lecturer in Art History in the School of Arts and Cultures at Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne.
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