Peter Fuller, art critic
Radical British art in the 1970s (2009)
→ café libraryJohn A. Walker - 10 Feb 09
Radical British art in the 1970s (2009) Art in crisis during a decade of crises: an overview of John A. Walker’s book Left Shift: Radical Art in 1970s Britain published by I.B. Tauris in 2002. Cover image: Jordan in Derek Jarman’s film Jubilee, (1978). Histories of visual culture in...
David Bowie in Art and Celebrity (2003)
→ music + art roomJohn A. Walker - 28 Feb 03
David Bowie in Art and Celebrity (2003) Excerpt from John A. Walker’s now classic book. David Bowie’s creative accomplishments, like those of Dennis Hopper, are hard to encapsulate because they are so diverse and extend across so many realms: song writing, composing, performing and producing...
Radical Art in 1970s Britain: 1976 (2002)
→ Art Design Publicity magazineJohn 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...
Carl Andre’s "pile of bricks"—
Tate Gallery acquisition controversy - 1976
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Art Design Publicity magazine
John A. Walker - 02 Jan 99
Carl Andre’s "pile of bricks"— Tate Gallery acquisition controversy - 1976 Excerpt from John A. Walker’s Art and outrage (1999). On 16 February 1976 the front page of the Daily Mirror attacked a 1966 sculpture made from bricks by the American artist Carl Andre. The main heading was: “What a Load...
State of the art - Channel 4 - 1987 (1993)
→ café libraryJohn 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...
Stockwell Depot Sculptors (1992)
→ café libraryJohn A. Walker (glossary) - 17 Jun 92
Stockwell Depot Sculptors (1992) Excerpt fr. John A. Walker’s Glossary of Art, Architecture & Design since 1945, 3rd. ed. Stockwell Depot Sculptors The Stockwell Depot Sculptors are Roland Brener, David Evison, Roger Fagin, Gerard Hemsworth, Peter Hide, Roelof Louw, Alan Barkley and John...
Provincialism Problem (1992)
→ café libraryJohn A. Walker (glossary) - 15 Jun 92
Provincialism Problem (1992) Excerpt fr. John A. Walker’s Glossary of Art, Architecture & Design since 1945, 3rd. ed. Provincialism Problem Provincialism Problem is an issue named by the Australian writer Terry Smith in 1974 and much discussed since. The "problem" arises from the fact that...
Modern Painters magazine (1992)
→ café libraryJohn A. Walker (glossary) - 12 Jun 92
Modern Painters magazine (1992) Excerpt fr. John A. Walker’s Glossary of Art, Architecture & Design since 1945, 3rd. ed. Modern Painters Modern Painters is the title of an art magazine established (in 1988) and edited by the prolific British author, journalist and art critic Peter Fuller...
John Berger’s "Ways of seeing" 20 years on (1992)
→ café libraryJohn A. Walker - 01 Mar 92
John Berger’s "Ways of seeing" 20 years on (1992) John A. Walker reconsiders the landmark series two decades after it was first shown. It is 20 years since Ways of Seeing, one of the most influential and controversial television arts series ever made, was first shown. The series consisted of...
Peter Fuller’s Art and psychoanalysis (Book review) (1980)
→ café libraryJohn A. Walker - 01 Nov 80
Peter Fuller’s Art and psychoanalysis (Book review) (1980) During the decade 1965 to 1975 some habitués of the London art world used to spend at least half-an-hour a day discussing the ideas and opinions of the American art critic Clement Greenberg. Recently, a visiting American told me that he...
