Reyner Banham, design critic/historian
Ulm (Die Hochschule für Gestaltung) (1992)
→ café libraryJohn A. Walker (glossary) - 19 Jun 92
Ulm (Die Hochschule für Gestaltung) (1992) (Also HfG Ulm, New Bauhaus.) Excerpt fr. John A. Walker’s Glossary of Art, Architecture & Design since 1945, 3rd. ed. Ulm Because of its cumbersome title, “Die Hochschule für Gestaltung”, this influential German school of design was referred to...
New Brutalism (1992)
→ café libraryJohn A. Walker (glossary) - 13 Jun 92
New Brutalism (1992) Excerpt fr. John A. Walker’s Glossary of Art, Architecture & Design since 1945, 3rd. ed. New Brutalism New Brutalism is a tendency in British architecture primarily associated with Alison and Peter Smithson— especially their work during the period 1953-5— and the...
Machine Aesthetic / Machine Art (1992)
→ café libraryJohn A. Walker (glossary) - 12 Jun 92
Machine Aesthetic / Machine Art (1992) Excerpt fr. John A. Walker’s Glossary of Art, Architecture & Design since 1945, 3rd. ed. Machine Aesthetic / Machine Art The Machine Aesthetic was the title of a famous 1955 essay by the architectural critic Reyner Banham. Earlier, in 1921, Theo van...
Independent Group (IG) (1992)
→ café libraryJohn A. Walker (glossary) - 09 Jun 92
Independent Group (IG) (1992) Excerpt fr. John A. Walker’s Glossary of Art, Architecture & Design since 1945, 3rd. ed. The Independent Group The Independent Group (IG) is the name of an informal think-tank formed by younger members of the ICA, London, which met intermittently between 1952...
Groundscrapers (1992)
→ café libraryJohn A. Walker (glossary) - 07 Jun 92
Groundscrapers (1992) Excerpt fr. John A. Walker’s Glossary of Art, Architecture & Design since 1945, 3rd. ed. Groundscrapers According to the British TV arts programme (Channel 4, December 7 1988), Groundscrapers was a term used in the late 1980s by architects and developers to describe a...
Un Art Autre / An Other Art (1992)
→ café libraryJohn A. Walker (glossary) - 01 Jun 92
Un Art Autre / An Other Art (1992) Excerpt fr. John A. Walker’s Glossary of Art, Architecture & Design since 1945, 3rd. ed. Un Art Autre / An Other Art Un Autre Art is the title of a book by the French writer Michel Tapié published in 1952. In the same year a Paris exhibition featuring...
The Independent Group:
Fathers [and mothers] of Pop (1990)
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John A. Walker - 01 Feb 90
The Independent Group: Fathers [and mothers] of Pop (1990) A review of the exhibition The Independent Group: Post-War Britain and the Aesthetics of Plenty, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, Feb-April 1990. Britain in the early 1950s was still suffering from the adverse effects of the...
