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Out of the Ivory Tower: The Independent Group and Popular Culture

(Hardback)


Publishing Details

Full Title:

Out of the Ivory Tower: The Independent Group and Popular Culture

Contributors:

By (Author) Anne Massey

ISBN:

9780719088063

Publisher:

Manchester University Press

Imprint:

Manchester University Press

Publication Date:

2nd December 2013

Country:

United Kingdom

Classifications

Readership:

General

Dewey:

700.9045

Physical Properties

Physical Format:

Hardback

Number of Pages:

208

Dimensions:

Width 170mm, Height 240mm

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 Bio

Anne Massey is Professor of Design at Middlesex University

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