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The Independent Group

The Independent Group

Massey, Anne

Paperback

Series: Critical Introductions to Art S

Art HistoryEuropean ArtArt & Popular Culture

ISBN10: 0719042453
ISBN13: 9780719042454
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Published: Nov 16 1995
Pages: 160
Weight: 0.86
Height: 0.50 Width: 6.18 Depth: 9.15
Language: English
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.

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