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Art & the 60s : this was tomorrow / edited by Chris Stephens and Katharine Stout.

Contributor(s): Stephens, Chris [editor.] | Stout, Katharine, 1973- [editor.] | Tate Britain (Gallery) [host institution.] | Birmingham City Museum and Art Gallery [host institution.].
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: London : Tate Publishing, 2004Description: 160 pages : illustrations (some colour), portraits ; 28 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 1854375229 (paperback).Other title: Art and the sixties | Art & the sixties.Subject(s): Hamilton, Richard, 1922-2011 Swingeing London 67 (f) -- Exhibitions | Self, Colin -- Exhibitions | Art, British -- 20th century | Pop art | CountercultureDDC classification: 709.046
Contents:
This was tomorrow / Chris Stephens and Katharine Stout -- William Green / Toby Treves -- 'A highly mobile and plastic environ' / Barry Curtis -- Colin Self and the bomb / Ben Tufnell -- Realism, satire, blow-ups : photography and the culture of social modernisation / David Alan Mellor -- Sculpture at St Martin's / Rachel Tant -- A poetics of dissent : notes on a developing counterculture in London in the early sixties / Andrew Wilson -- Bruce Lacey, The womaniser 1966 / Adrian Glew -- British architecture in the sixties / Simon Sadler -- Richard Hamilton, Swingeing London 67 / Lizzie Carey-Thomas -- Selected chronology : 1956-69 / Hymie Dunn and Katharine Stout.
Summary: "Art and the 60s: This was Tomorrow looks at new forms of art that emerged in Britain between 1956 and 1968. As it emerged from a period of austerity, Britain seemed to be overwhelmed by colour and optimism. What appeared to be a period of prosperity was accompanied by new consumer products, and advances in advertising and packaging. A new youth culture brought new forms of music and fashion. Television took hold of people's imaginations, attitudes to class and sex were liberalised, and the appearance of Britain literally changed as its cities were rebuilt and modernised. But it was not to last. The economic boom turned out to be an illusion, the establishment reacted against what they saw as a decline in standards and war in Vietnam led to increasingly passionate protests. It turned out to be a decade of optimism, but also of protest and, ultimately, disillusion for many." - Publisher's website. During the 1960s Britain and the British changed fundamentally. Its art was a part of that change, reflecting, participating in and influencing what would become known as the 'swinging sixties'.
Holdings
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

The myths and realities of the 'swinging sixties' provide the backdrop to this illustrated title. Examining, as it does, the widest range of visual media, this book forms a broad and comprehensive history of the art world during the 1960s.

Catalogue of an exhibition held at Tate Britain, 30 June - 3 Oct. 2004 and Gas Hall, Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery, 25 Oct. 2004 - 3 Apr. 2005.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

This was tomorrow / Chris Stephens and Katharine Stout -- William Green / Toby Treves -- 'A highly mobile and plastic environ' / Barry Curtis -- Colin Self and the bomb / Ben Tufnell -- Realism, satire, blow-ups : photography and the culture of social modernisation / David Alan Mellor -- Sculpture at St Martin's / Rachel Tant -- A poetics of dissent : notes on a developing counterculture in London in the early sixties / Andrew Wilson -- Bruce Lacey, The womaniser 1966 / Adrian Glew -- British architecture in the sixties / Simon Sadler -- Richard Hamilton, Swingeing London 67 / Lizzie Carey-Thomas -- Selected chronology : 1956-69 / Hymie Dunn and Katharine Stout.

"Art and the 60s: This was Tomorrow looks at new forms of art that emerged in Britain between 1956 and 1968. As it emerged from a period of austerity, Britain seemed to be overwhelmed by colour and optimism. What appeared to be a period of prosperity was accompanied by new consumer products, and advances in advertising and packaging. A new youth culture brought new forms of music and fashion. Television took hold of people's imaginations, attitudes to class and sex were liberalised, and the appearance of Britain literally changed as its cities were rebuilt and modernised. But it was not to last. The economic boom turned out to be an illusion, the establishment reacted against what they saw as a decline in standards and war in Vietnam led to increasingly passionate protests. It turned out to be a decade of optimism, but also of protest and, ultimately, disillusion for many." - Publisher's website.

During the 1960s Britain and the British changed fundamentally. Its art was a part of that change, reflecting, participating in and influencing what would become known as the 'swinging sixties'.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • This Was Tomorrow (p. 8)
  • William Green (p. 42)
  • 'A Highly Mobile and Plastic Environ' (p. 46)
  • Colin Self and the Bomb (p. 64)
  • Realism, Satire, Blow-Ups: Photography and the Culture of Social Modernisation (p. 68)
  • Sculpture at St Martin's (p. 88)
  • A Poetics of Dissent; Notes on a Developing Counterculture in London in The Early Sixties (p. 92)
  • Bruce Lacey, The Womaniser 1966 (p. 112)
  • British Architecture in the Sixties (p. 116)
  • Richard Hamilton, Swingeing London 67 (p. 134)
  • Selected Chronology: 1956-69 (p. 138)
  • Notes (p. 145)
  • List of Exhibited Works (p. 154)
  • Index (p. 159)