Whitechapel Art Gallery, London
Michael Craig-Martin at Irish Museum of Modern Art (2006-07) (press release)
→ café libraryADP staff - 11 Oct 06
Michael Craig-Martin at Irish Museum of Modern Art (2006-07) (press release) ADP staff; Text by Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin artdesigncafé | café library | Released 4 September 2006 Press Release Michael Craig-Martin Retrospective at Irish Museum of Modern Art A large-scale...
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...
Tariq Alvi: Aesthetic obsessions (2001)
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Tariq Alvi: Aesthetic obsessions (2001) Tariq Alvi. Untitled, (2000). Fitness magazines, magazine rack, collaged images of jewellery from mail-order catalogue, 175 x 200 cm overall. Exhibited in "Tariq Alvi" at the Gate Foundation, 25 February - 24 March 2000. Born in Britain of...
Jacqueline Pennell: Mirror, mirror (2001)
→ café libraryR.J. Preece - 02 Apr 01
Jacqueline Pennell: Mirror, mirror (2001) Walking into the driveway of Danielle Arnaud’s London art gallery-salon, I thought someone had broken her front window, until the gallerist pointed out the artwork to me. Pane (1999), a curving, double-sided mirror attached to the glass, was my...
Chile Vencera : Protest in the 1970s (2000)
→ café libraryJohn A. Walker - 01 Apr 00
Chile Vencera : Protest in the 1970s (2000) “Democracy must occasionally be bathed in blood.” General Pinochet. It was poetic justice that a 1970s’ banner supporting the cause of freedom in Chile was on display in “Live in your Head” at the Whitechapel Art Gallery during the last month of...
Michael Craig-Martin: An Oak Tree (1974)
→ Art Design Publicity magazineJohn 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...
Susan Morris interview (1998)
→ café libraryR.J. Preece - 01 Jul 98
Susan Morris interview (1998) Whether in the supermarket or on the subway, the surveillance camera (closed circuit television— CCTV) has become a fact of life in many urban centers. On the one hand, some people say that this provides further evidence of the erosion of personal liberty; while...
Turner Prize shortlist 1998: Tacita Dean, Cathy de Monchaux, Chris Ofili, & Sam Taylor-Wood (press release)
→ café libraryADP staff - 01 Jul 98
Turner Prize shortlist 1998: Tacita Dean, Cathy de Monchaux, Chris Ofili, & Sam Taylor-Wood (press release) ADP staff; Text by Tate Gallery, London artdesigncafé | café library | Released 1 July 1998 PRESS RELEASE 1998 Turner Prize shortlist announced 1 July 1998 The Tate Gallery...
Jamie Wagg: Press Humbug (1996)
→ Art Design Publicity magazineJohn A. Walker - 01 Apr 96
Jamie Wagg: Press Humbug (1996) An essay by John A. Walker, the author of the books Art in the Age of Mass Media, Art and Celebrity and Art & outrage. Jamie Wagg. (1993-94). "History Painting", Shopping Mall 15:42:32, 12/02/93. Digital print on paper laminated, 183 x 122 x 7.5 cm....
"This is Tomorrow" exhibition
→ café libraryJohn A. Walker (glossary) - 18 Jun 92
...Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, in 1956. The original idea for the show came from the French Groupe Espace. It was an attempt to integrate the various arts and to foster collaboration between painters, architects and sculptors. Under the direction of Theo Crosby, 12 independent teams devised...
St Martins School of Art Sculptors (1992)
→ café libraryJohn A. Walker (glossary) - 17 Jun 92
St Martins School of Art Sculptors (1992) Excerpt fr. John A. Walker’s Glossary of Art, Architecture & Design since 1945, 3rd. ed. St Martins School of Art Sculptors St Martins School of Art Sculptors is a description applied to a number of talented British sculptors— David Annesley,...
Political Art (1992)
→ café libraryJohn A. Walker (glossary) - 15 Jun 92
Political Art (1992) (Also Activist Art, Agit-Prop, Angry Art, Art Dirigé, Art Engagé, Critical Art, Dialectical Art, Didactic Art, Dissident Art, Leftist Art, Marx Art, Progressive Art, Protest Art, Radical Art, Revolutionary Art, Socart, Social Functionalism, Socialist Formalism, Subversive...
New Generation (1992)
→ café libraryJohn A. Walker (glossary) - 13 Jun 92
New Generation (1992) Excerpt fr. John A. Walker’s Glossary of Art, Architecture & Design since 1945, 3rd. ed. New Generation New Generation was the title of a series of four influential exhibitions sponsored by the Peter Stuyvesant Foundation (established 1963) which took place at the...
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...
Hybrid Culture (1992)
→ café libraryJohn A. Walker (glossary) - 08 Jun 92
Hybrid Culture (1992) (Also Cross-Culture, Cultural Fusion, Intercultural, Syncretism.) Excerpt fr. John A. Walker’s Glossary of Art, Architecture & Design since 1945, 3rd. ed. Hybrid Culture Any culture (or art, or style) derived from heterogeneous sources, or composed of elements of...
Business Sponsorship (1992)
→ Creative Business / EntrepreneurshipJohn A. Walker (glossary) - 02 Jun 92
Business Sponsorship (1992) (Also Corporate Art / Patronage.) Excerpt fr. John A. Walker’s Glossary of Art, Architecture & Design since 1945, 3rd. ed. Business Sponsorship Business Sponsorship is a private sector form of patronage which became more fashionable during the 1980s as a...
