The Independent Group: Postwar Britain and the Aestetics of Plenty - Mit Press 1990
The Independent Group: Postwar Britain and the Aestetics of Plenty - Mit Press 1990
The Independent Group: Postwar Britain and the Aestetics of Plenty - Mit Press 1990
The Independent Group: Postwar Britain and the Aestetics of Plenty - Mit Press 1990
The Independent Group: Postwar Britain and the Aestetics of Plenty - Mit Press 1990
The Independent Group: Postwar Britain and the Aestetics of Plenty - Mit Press 1990
The Independent Group: Postwar Britain and the Aestetics of Plenty - Mit Press 1990
The Independent Group: Postwar Britain and the Aestetics of Plenty - Mit Press 1990
The Independent Group: Postwar Britain and the Aestetics of Plenty - Mit Press 1990
The Independent Group: Postwar Britain and the Aestetics of Plenty - Mit Press 1990

The Independent Group

The Independent Group: Postwar Britain and the Aestetics of Plenty - Mit Press 1990

This book provides the first comprehensive view of the IG's aims and significance. The texts and illustrations fully represent the achievements of its leaders, including artists Richard Hamilton and Eduardo Paolozzi, architects Alison and Peter Smithson, and critics Lawrence Alloway and Reyner Banham. The historic exhibitions that publicized the ideas of IG members are also documented - "Parallel of Life and Art," "Man, Machine and Motions," "This Is Tomorrow," and "An Exhibit." Above all, the book emphasizes the interaction between the exhibitions, discussions, art and writings of IG members, showing the ways in which they established a new aesthetic horizon.

255p - EN - 25x31cm - harcover - very good condition