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Out of the Ivory Tower: The Independent Group and Popular Culture
Hardback
Main Details
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Out of the Ivory Tower: The Independent Group and Popular Culture
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| Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Anne Massey
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| Series | Studies in Design and Material Culture |
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Hardback | | Pages:208 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 240,Width 170 |
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| Category/Genre | The arts - general issues |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9780719088063
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| Classifications | Dewey:700.9045 |
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| Illustrations |
Illustrations, black & white
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
Manchester University Press
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| Imprint |
Manchester University Press
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| Publication Date |
30 November 2013 |
| Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
The Independent Group is now the subject of global scholarly interest, and this book, a sequel to The Independent Group: Modernism and mass culture in Britain, 1945-59, explores the Anglo-American phenomenon from a new perspective. The Group included fine artists Magda Cordell, Richard Hamilton, Nigel Henderson, Eduardo Paolozzi and William Turnbull; architects Alison and Peter Smithson, James Stirling and Colin St John Wilson; graphic designer Edward Wright; music producer Frank Cordell; and writers Lawrence Alloway, Reyner Banham, John McHale and Toni del Renzio. This radical collective met at the ICA in London during the early 1950s, and worked with and within the new world of both the avant-garde and popular culture. This sequel includes an in-depth discussion of the recent historiography of the Independent Group, and examines its history from an alternative perspective - that of popular culture. The themes of domestic space, Hollywood film, fashion, mass-circulation magazines, science-fiction and popular music are explored, broadening our general understanding. -- .
Author Biography
Anne Massey is Professor of Design at Middlesex University -- .
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