176 pages : illustrations (black and white, and color) ; 27 cm
Collection:
Reference Library
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Published to accompany an exhibition held at The Higgins, Bedford,15 October 2022 to 16 April 2023 and The Lightbox, Woking, 15 October 2022 to 8 January 2023.
Contents:
Foreword / Jo Baring -- Reflecting on Modern British Art / James Russell -- Section 1: Moments -- 1. Life Begins: Art, War and Resurrection / Alexandra Harris -- 2. The Surreal Magic of Nature: British Surrealism 1930-1950s / Laura Smith -- 3. A World of Private Mystery: Queer Pastoral in the 1940s / Simon Martin -- 4. Hearth and Home: the Making of Art in World War Two / Laura Freeman -- 5. Just Another Chap in Overalls: Women in St Ives / Harriet Baker -- 6. 'Positive, Emphatic, Dramatic': How the 1950s Changed British Sculpture / James Rawlin -- 7. Collage Into Painting: London in the 1960s / Elena Crippa -- Section 2: Structures -- 8. A National Visual Culture?: The Rise of Corporate and Public Patronage / James Purdon -- 9. Behind the Scenes of the Museum: Curators and Collectors / Jo Baring -- 10. Artistic Britishness?: Questions of Nationality / Hammad Nasar -- 11. Back to the Future: Modern British in Contemporary Art / Natalie Rudd -- 12. A Personal Call for a More Expansive British Art / Aindrea Emelife.
Subject Terms:
Art, British -- 20th century -- History and criticism. | Art, British -- 20th century -- Exhibitions. | Art, British. | Art and Design.
Form/Genre:
exhibition catalogs. | Criticism, interpretation, etc. | Exhibition catalogs.