Research Catalog

Title

Modern world : the art of Richard Hamilton / Michael Bracewell.

Author

Bracewell, Michael, 1958-

Publication

• London : Art/Books, Art Books Publishing Ltd, 2020.
• New York, N.Y. : Available in North America through ARTBOOK / D.A.P.
• ©2020

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Additional Authors

Hamilton, Richard, 1922-2011

Description

224 pages : illustrations (some color); 27 cm

Summary

Richard Hamilton was the most influential British artist of his generation. Often described as "the father of Pop art", he produced experimental and multilayered work in a range of media that both explored and crystallized the postwar world of consumer capitalism and popular culture in an attempt to "get all of living" into his art. Seminal works such as his collage ; Just what is it that makes today's homes so different, so appealing"' from 1956 and his silkscreen and related series based on a news photograph of Mick Jagger Swingering 'London 67' came to define an era in which new commodities and technologies, mass production, mass media, and celebrity came to the fore, and challenged the hierarchical values of "high" and "low" art. And his importance to fields beyond contemporary art was demonstrated when he was asked to design the cover of the Beatles" so-called White Album in 1968. In this book, acclaimed cultural commentator and writer Michael Bracewell presents a concise introduction to this deeply complex artist. Written from a personal perspective, it discusses Hamilton"s all-embracing work in relation to the music, film, and popular culture of the day in a rich new interpretation of his art and ideas. The book covers the full scope of Hamilton"s practice, and includes examples from the various media in which he worked, from collage, print and painting to sculpture and photography. With photographs and quotes from Hamilton throughout, this attractive volume will appeal to anyone wanting to understand his iconic and pioneering work and its lasting cultural legacy

Alternative Title

Art of Richard Hamilton

Subject

• Hamilton, Richard, 1922-2011 > Criticism and interpretation
• Hamilton, Richard, 1922-2011
• Pop art > Great Britain
• Art and popular culture
• Popular culture in art
• Pop art
• Great Britain

Genre/Form

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Call Number

JQF 22-558

ISBN

• 1908970553
• 9781908970558

OCLC

1144765050

Author

Bracewell, Michael, 1958- author.

Title

Modern world : the art of Richard Hamilton / Michael Bracewell.

Publisher

London : Art/Books, Art Books Publishing Ltd, 2020.

Distributor

New York, N.Y. : Available in North America through ARTBOOK / D.A.P.

Copyright Date

©2020

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Added Author

Hamilton, Richard, 1922-2011, artist.

Research Call Number

JQF 22-558