Anthony Byrt

Broschiertes Buch

The Mirror Steamed Over

Love and Pop in London, 1962

Beschreibung

"In the early sixties at the Royal College of Art in London, three extraordinary personalities collided to reshape contemporary art and literature. Barrie Bates (who would become Billy Apple in November 1962) was an ambitious young graphic designer from New Zealand, who transformed himself into one of pop art's pioneers. At the same time, his friend and fellow student David Hockney - young, Northern and openly gay - was making his own waves in the London art world. ... And in the middle of it all was the secretary of the Royal College's Painting School - an aspiring young novelist called Ann Quin. ... Taking us back to London's art scene in the late fifties and early sixties ... Anthony Byrt illuminates a key moment in cultural history and tackles big questions"--Cover flap.

Autor

Anthony Byrt is one of New Zealand's foremost writers on contemporary art, and a regular contributor to Artforum. In 2013, he was Critical Studies Fellow at Cranbrook Academy of Art, Michigan, and in 2015 was New Zealand's Reviewer of the Year. His first book, This Model World: Travels to the Edge of Contemporary Art (Auckland University Press, 2016), was a finalist in the 2017 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Auckland University Press
• Seitenzahl: 252
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. November 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 155mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 726g
• ISBN-13: 9781869409104
• ISBN-10: 1869409108
• Artikelnr.: 60893975