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Exhibition Review
Postwar Modern: New Art in Britain 1945–1965
06/2022 | 1431 | 164
Pages: 615-619
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Reviewer:
Cranfield, Ben (Cranfield, Ben)
Subjects
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Barbican Art Gallery, London, Great Britain
subjects:
British art / Twentieth-century art / Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA), London, Great Britain / Modern Art / Modernism
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Postwar Modern: New Art in Britain 1945–1965 Barbican Art Gallery, London 3rd March–26th June | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
29. Figure 59, by Magda Cordell. c.1958. Oil and acrylic on Masonite, 243.8 by 152.4 cm. (Albright Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo; exh. Barbican Art Gallery, London).
Attributed works:
30. Lee Miller in Hitler’s bath, by Lee Miller with David E. Scherman. 1945. Gelatin silver print from original negative, 40 by 30 cm. (Lee Miller Estate; exh. Barbican Art Gallery, London).
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31. Mr Sebastian, by Francis Newton Souza. 1955. Oil on board, 78.8 by 63.5 cm. (Kiran Nadar Museum of Art, New Delhi; © Estate of FN Souza; DACS 2021; courtesy Grosvenor Gallery, London; photograph Justin Piperger; exh. Barbican Art Gallery, London).
Attributed works:
32. Eleven persons and one donkey moving forward, by Franciszka Themerson. 1947. Oil on canvas, 68.6 by 83.8 cm. (© Themerson Estate; exh. Barbican Art Gallery, London).
Book Review
Dorothy Morland: Making ICA History
07/2021 | 1420 | 163
Pages: 647-648
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Reviewer:
Crippa, Elena (Crippa, Elena)
Subjects
museums and institutions:
Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA), London, Great Britain
patrons:
Morland, Dorothy
subjects:
British art / Independent Group / Modernism
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subjects:
Dorothy Morland: Making ICA History By Anne Massey. 216 pp. incl. 21 col. + 49 b. & w. ills. (Liverpool University Press, Liverpool, 2020), £24.95. ISBN 978–1–78962–128–0. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
10. Dorothy Morland wearing a sun dress made from a Paolozzi textile design, Canary Islands, 1959. (Courtesy Susie Davidson collection).
Book Review
The Long Front of Culture: The Independent Group and Exhibition Design (An OCTOBER Book)
09/2020 | 1410 | 162
Pages: 824-825
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Reviewer:
Massey, Anne (Massey, Anne)
Subjects
artists:
Independent Group / Hamilton, Richard
museums and institutions:
Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA), London, Great Britain / Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, Great Britain
subjects:
British art / This is Tomorrow (Whitechapel Art Gallery, 1956) / Exhibitions
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subjects:
The Long Front of Culture: The Independent Group and Exhibition Design (An october Book) By Kevin Lotery. 384 pp. incl. 108 b. & w. ills. (MIT Press, Cambridge MA and London, 2020), £36. ISBN 978–0–262–04389–2. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
7. Installation view of This is Tomorrow at the Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, 1956. (Courtesy of and © Richard Hamilton Estate).
Book Review
The Art of Brutalism: Rescuing Hope from Catastrophe in 1950s Britain. By Ben Highmore
04/2018 | 1381 | 160
Pages: 353-354
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Reviewer:
Massey, Anne (Massey, Anne)
Subjects
art literature:
Banham, Reyner / Alloway, Lawrence
artists:
McHale, John / Turnbull, William, b. 1922 / Henderson, Nigel / Smithson, Alison / Smithson, Peter Denham / Paolozzi, Eduardo
dates:
1950-1959
media:
Paintings / Photographs / Collages / Architecture
museums and institutions:
Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA), London, Great Britain
places:
Great Britain
subjects:
British painting / British sculpture / British architecture / Brutalist / Pop art / Independent Group
Illustrations
Attributed works:
7. Machine Made America II, by John McHale. 1956. Collage reproduced on the cover of The Architectural Review, May 1957.
Exhibition Review
Betty Woodman: Theatre of the Domestic. Florence and London
05/2016 | 1358 | 158
Pages: 381–382
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Reviewer:
Britton, Alison (Britton, Alison)
Subjects
artists:
Woodman, Betty
dates:
2010-2019
museums and institutions:
Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA), London, Great Britain / Museo Marino Marini, Florence, Italy
places:
London / Florence / Italy / England
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions
Illustrations
Attributed works:
47. Posing with vases at the beach, by Betty Woodman. 2008 (Courtesy of the artist; exh. Institute of Contemporary Arts, London)
Attributed works:
48. Wallpaper 9, by Betty Woodman. 2015 (Courtesy of the artist; exh. Institute of Contemporary Arts, London)
Attributed works:
49. Country dining doom, by Betty Woodman. 2015 (Courtesy of the artist; exh. Institute of Contemporary Arts, London)
Exhibition Review
Spring exhibitions
04/2016 | 1357 | 158
Pages: 306-308
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Reviewer:
Vernon, Jonathan (Vernon, Jonathan ; V., J.)
Subjects
art literature:
Rosenthal, Norman / Joachimedes, Christos M.
artists:
Giacometti, Alberto / Manzù, Giacomo / Beuys, Joseph / Metzger, Gustav / Staeck, Klaus
dates:
2010-2019
museums and institutions:
Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA), London, Great Britain / Estorick Collection, London, Great Britain
places:
London / England
private galleries:
Luxembourg & Dayan, London, Great Britain
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions
subjects:
German / Art / Critical Reception
Illustrations
Attributed works:
76. Installation view of Alberto Giacometti: In his own words: Sculptures 1925-1934 at Luxembourg & Dayan, London, 2016
Attributed works:
77. Torso, by Alberto Giacometti. 1925 (Pierre and Tana Matisse Foundation, New York; exh. Luxembourg & Dayan, London)
Attributed works:
78. Lovers, by Giacomo Manzù. 1968 (Courtesy Galleria d'Arte Maggiore, Bologna; exh. Estorick Collection, London)
Attributed works:
79. Installation view of Art into Society - Society into Art at the Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, 2016, showing works by Klaus Staeck including Entmannt alle Wüstlinge (Butcher all infidels). 1972
Exhibition Review
Richard Hamilton
05/2014 | 1334 | 156
Pages: 328-330
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Reviewer:
Stonard, John-Paul (Stonard, John-Paul)
Subjects
artists:
Hamilton, Richard
dates:
2010-2019
museums and institutions:
Tate Modern, London, Great Britain / Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, Spain
museums and institutions:
Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA), London, Great Britain
places:
Spain / Madrid / London / England
private galleries:
Alan Cristea Gallery, London, Great Britain
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions
Illustrations
Attributed works:
35. Man, machine and motion, by Richard Hamilton. 2012, recreated from the 1955 original (Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid; exh. ICA, London)
Attributed works:
36. Interior II, by Richard Hamilton (Tate; exh. Tate Modern, London)
Attributed works:
37. d'Orientation, by Richard Hamilton (Private collection; exh. Tate Modern, London)
Attributed works:
38. The citizen, by Richard Hamilton (Tate; exh. Tate Modern, London)
Exhibition Review
Serial Publications. London
05/2012 | 1310 | 154
Pages: 361-362
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Reviewer:
Major, George (Major, George)
Subjects
dates:
2010-2019
museums and institutions:
Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA), London, Great Britain
places:
London / England
print:
Artists' magazines
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions / Artists' magazines / Published / Published illustrations / Artists' writings / Poetry / Art criticism
Reviewed Items
subjects:
In Numbers: Serial Publications by Artists Since 1955 | institution: Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA)
Illustrations
Attributed works:
70. Cover design for File Magazine. Published by General Idea, April 1972. Newsprint, 28 by 35.5 cm. (Exh. Institute of Contemporary Arts, London).
Attributed works:
72. Gesammelte Werke 5, by Dieter Roth. 1961. Newsprint, 23 by 17 cm. (Exh. Institute of Contemporary Arts, London).
Exhibition Review
London exhibitions. London (Sketches for Regency Living)
08/2011 | 1301 | 153
Pages: 552-553
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Reviewer:
Correia, Alice (Correia, Alice)
Subjects
artists:
Bronstein, Pablo
dates:
2010-2019
museums and institutions:
Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA), London, Great Britain
places:
London / England
print:
Bronstein, Pablo
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Sketches for Regency Living | institution: Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA)
Illustrations
Attributed works:
29. Installation view of the exhibition Sketches for Regency Living showing Tragic stage, by Pablo Bronstein, with costumes by Mary Katrantzou. 2011. Acrylic on canvas, 350 by 1600 cm. (Courtesy of the artist; exh. Institute of Contemporary Arts, London).
Book Review
British and Irish Art 1945–1951
04/2011 | 1297 | 153
Pages: 262
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Reviewer:
Hammer, Martin (Hammer, Martin)
Subjects
dates:
1940-1959
museums and institutions:
Arts Council / Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA), London, Great Britain
museums and institutions:
British Council
places:
Great Britain / United Kingdom / Scotland / Wales / Northern Ireland / Ireland / England
print:
British art
print:
Irish art
subjects:
Patronage / Collections, Public / Art market
subjects:
British painting / Irish painting
Reviewed Items
subjects:
British and Irish Art 1945–1951 | author: Clark, Adrian
Illustrations
Attributed works:
57. Self-portrait, by John Luke. 1927. Pencil on paper, 30.2 by 25 cm. (Ulster Museum, Belfast).
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