Out of the ivory tower: the independent group and popular culture
Massey, Anne (2013) Out of the ivory tower: the independent group and popular culture. Studies in Design . Manchester University Press. ISBN 9780719088063. [Book]
Abstract
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.
| Item Type: | Book |
|---|---|
| Research Areas: | A. > School of Art and Design > Fashion and Interiors A. > School of Art and Design > Fashion and Interiors > Design and Urban Cultures cluster A. > School of Art and Design > Visual Arts > CREATE/Feminisms cluster A. > School of Art and Design > Visual Arts > Visual Culture and Curating cluster |
| Item ID: | 11643 |
| Depositing User: | Shrikant Chavan |
| Date Deposited: | 13 Aug 2013 05:23 |
| Last Modified: | 08 Feb 2017 10:00 |
| URI: | https://eprints.mdx.ac.uk/id/eprint/11643 |
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