John Roberts, art critic

Stewart Home vs. Cosey Fanni Tutti (2011)

Art Design Publicity magazine
R.J. Preece (ADP) - 26 Mar 12

Stewart Home vs. Cosey Fanni Tutti (2011) The upstart English artist takes on Cosey Fanni Tutti, the "mother" of Art Design Publicity magazine. Will this latent artwork be activated into a performance of legal-oriented publicity, and if so, how far will it go? First, please pause for a moment...

John Roberts, art critic

Radical Art in 1970s Britain: 1976 (2002)

Art Design Publicity magazine
John A. Walker - 08 May 02

Radical Art in 1970s Britain: 1976 (2002) Excerpt fr. John A. Walker’s Left Shift which gives a year-by-year account of developments. Radical Art in 1970s Britain: 1976 Cover image: Jordan in Derek Jarman’s film Jubilee, (1978). In China, Chairman Mao Zedong and Chou En-Lai died; and the...

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Michael Craig-Martin: An Oak Tree (1974)

Art Design Publicity magazine
John A. Walker - 01 Jan 99

Michael Craig-Martin: An Oak Tree (1974) Excerpt from John A. Walker’s Art and outrage (1999). Michael Craig-Martin’s oak tree that looked like a glass of water Michael Craig-Martin. An Oak Tree (1974). During the 1970s An Oak Tree, a work by Michael Craig-Martin, became notorious as an...

John Roberts, art critic

State of the art - Channel 4 - 1987 (1993)

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John A. Walker - 05 Jun 93

State of the art - Channel 4 - 1987 (1993) Including the theme Value, commodity and criticism. State of the art: Ideas and images in the 1980s was an ambitious documentary series of six, one-hour programmes about contemporary art transmitted in Britain on Channel 4 in January and February...

John Roberts, art critic

New British Sculpture (1992)

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John A. Walker (glossary) - 13 Jun 92

New British Sculpture (1992) (Also Bricolage Sculpture.) Excerpt fr. John A. Walker’s Glossary of Art, Architecture & Design since 1945, 3rd. ed. New British Sculpture New British Sculpture is a somewhat uninformative term used to categorize the work of such sculptors as Edward Allington,...

John Roberts, art critic