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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
Reviewed Items
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).
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.