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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
Reviewed Items
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. | :
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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.
Book Review
Lawrence Alloway: Critic and Curator, L. Bradnock, C.J. Martin and R. Peabody, eds.
03/2016 | 1356 | 158
Pages: 210-211
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Reviewer:
Singer, Fanny (Singer, Fanny)
Subjects
art literature:
Alloway, Lawrence
subjects:
Art criticism / Art literature / Curators / Independent Group
Publication Received
The Independent Group. Modernism and Mass Culture in Britain, 1945-59
05/1997 | 1130 | 139
Pages: 344
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Reviewer:
Grieve, Alastair (Grieve, Alastair; Grieve, A. I.; Grieve, Alistair; Grieve, Alastair Ian)
Subjects
dates:
1940-1959
places:
Great Britain / England
subjects:
Independent Group / Exhibitions / Pop art / British / Modernism
Reviewed Items
subjects:
The Independent Group. Modernism and Mass Culture in Britain, 1945-59 | author: Massey, Anne
Article
'This Is Tomorrow', a Remarkable Exhibition Born from Contention
04/1994 | 1093 | 136
Pages: 225-232
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Author:
Grieve, Alastair (Grieve, Alastair; Grieve, A. I.; Grieve, Alistair; Grieve, Alastair Ian)
Subjects
art literature:
Alloway, Lawrence
artists:
Martin, Mary
artists:
Pasmore, Victor
artists:
Goldfinger, Ernö
artists:
Hill, Anthony
artists:
Heath, Adrian
artists:
Martin, Kenneth
artists:
Weeks, John
artists:
Phillips, Helen
artists:
Adams, Robert, b. 1917
dates:
1950-1959
places:
England / London
subjects:
This is Tomorrow (Whitechapel Art Gallery, 1956)
subjects:
Exhibitions
subjects:
Independent Group
subjects:
British painting / British sculpture / British architecture
Illustrations
Attributed works:
17. Poster for Section 9 of This Is Tomorrow, by Mary Martin. Screenprint, 76 by 50.8 cm. (Private Collection).
Attributed works:
18. Installation View of Section 7 of This Is Tomorrow, Showing Relief by Victor Pasmore and Sculpture by Helen Phillips.
Attributed works:
19. Design for Section 7 of This Is Tomorrow, by Ernö Goldfinger. Black and Red Felt-Tip Pen and Pencil, 28.5 by 21.5 cm. (R. I. B. A., London).
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20. Installation View of Section 5 of This Is Tomorrow: Replicas and Original Constructions by Anthony Hill and John Ernest.
Attributed works:
21. Screw Mobile with Cylinder, by Kenneth Martin. Phosphor Bronze, 50.2 cm High. (Arts Council Collection).
Attributed works:
22. Design for Section 9 (Detail) of This Is Tomorrow, by John Weeks. Ink, 62.3 by 24.2 cm. (John Weeks Collection).
Attributed works:
23. Installation View of Section 9 of This Is Tomorrow: Screens by John Weeks and Mary Martin, Mobile by Kenneth Martin.
Attributed works:
24. John Ernest with One of His Vertical Constructions. 1955-6 (Destroyed). Photograph by Adrian Flowers.
Attributed works:
25. Mary Martin with the Maquette for Section 9 of This Is Tomorrow. Photograph by Adrian Flowers.
Attributed works:
26. Design for Section 11 of This Is Tomorrow (Detail), by John Weeks. Ink, 91.4 by 24.8 cm. (John Weeks Collection).
Attributed works:
27. Installation View of Section 11 of This Is Tomorrow, by Adrian Heath and John Weeks.
Attributed works:
28. Section 10 of This Is Tomorrow: Maquette, by Robert Adams, Colin St John Wilson, Peter Carter and Frank Newby (Destroyed). Photograph by Adrian Flowers.
Exhibition Review
The Independent Group. London, ICA
04/1990 | 1045 | 132
Pages: 284-285
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Reviewer:
Massey, Anne (Massey, Anne)
Subjects
dates:
1990-1999
museums and institutions:
Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA), London, Great Britain
places:
London / England
subjects:
Exhibitions / Reviews / Independent Group
Illustrations
Attributed works:
43. Section of the Reconstruction of This is Tomorrow, by Richard Hamilton, John McHale and John Voelcker. 1956. (Exh. ICA Galleries, London).
Attributed works:
44. Why I Took to the Washers in Luxury Flats, a Page from the Collage Book by John McHale. 1954. 45.1 by 23.5 cm. (Magda Cordell McHale Collection, Buffalo; Exh. ICA Galleries, London).
Attributed works:
45. It's a Psychological Fact Pleasure Helps Your Disposition, by Eduardo Paolozzi. 1948. Collage on Paper, 36.2 by 24.4 cm. (Tate Gallery, London; Exh. ICA Galleries, London).
Supplement
The Independent Group: Towards a Redefinition
04/1987 | 1009 | 129
Pages: 232-242
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Author:
Massey, Anne (Massey, Anne)
Subjects
art literature:
Alloway, Lawrence
art literature:
Read, Herbert (H. R.)
art literature:
Banham, Reyner
artists:
Penrose, Roland
artists:
Independent Group
artists:
Smithson, Peter Denham
artists:
Smithson, Alison
artists:
Henderson, Nigel
artists:
Renzio, Toni del
artists:
Hamilton, Richard
artists:
Paolozzi, Eduardo
dates:
1950-1959
museums and institutions:
Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA), London, Great Britain
subjects:
Independent Group
subjects:
Modern Art / Exhibitions
subjects:
Watson, Peter
subjects:
British painting / British sculpture
Illustrations
Attributed works:
15. Fisherman and Wife, by Eduardo Paolozzi. 1946. Pen and Ink, 76.8 by 61 cm. (Tate Gallery, London).
Attributed works:
17. 1950, Aspects of British Art at the ICA, Dover St; Work by Richard Hamilton at Far Right.
Attributed works:
19. Table in the ICA Bar, by Eduardo Paolozzi and Terence Conran. 1950, Concrete and Metal.
Attributed works:
23. Invitation Card for Opposing Forces, Designed by Toni del Renzio.
Western art unattributed:
16. Cover of the Catalogue for 40,000 Years of Modern Art, Held at the ICA 1948-49.
Western art unattributed:
18. James Joyce Exhibition at the ICA, 1950.
Western art unattributed:
20. The Critic David Sylvester with Sir Philip Hendy, Director of the National Gallery, at the Opening of the ICA Gallery, Dover St, 1950.
Western art unattributed:
21. Sir Roland Penrose (Left) Talking to Guests at the Opening of the ICA Gallery, Dover St, 1950.
Western art unattributed:
22. Peter Watson and Graham Sutherland (Right) at the Opening of the ICA Gallery, Dover St, 1950.
Western art unattributed:
24. Invitation Card for Man, Machine and Motion, Exhibition Organised by Richard Hamilton with Reyner Banham, 1955.