Insiders/Outsiders: Refugees from Nazi Europe and Their Contribution to British Visual Culture - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1848223463 ISBN 13: 9781848223462

Publisher: Lund Humphries, 2019

Synopsis

Insiders/Outsiders, published to accompany a UK-wide arts festival of the same name in 2019, examines the extraordinarily rich and pervasive contribution of refugees from Nazi-dominated Europe to the visual culture, art education, and art-world structures of the United Kingdom. In every field, émigrés arriving from Europe in the 1930s—supported by a small number of like-minded individuals already resident in the UK—introduced a professionalism, internationalism, and bold avant-gardism to a British art world not known for these attributes. At a time when the issue of immigration is much debated, the book serves as a reminder of the importance of cultural cross-fertilization and of the deep, long-lasting, and wide-ranging contribution that refugees make to British life.

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About the Author

Monica Bohm-Duchen is an independent, London-based art historian, curator, and writer. She is the author of numerous books, catalogs, and articles, including Art and the Second World War (Lund Humphries 2013), The Art and Life of Josef Herman (Lund Humphries 2009), Rubies and Rebels: Jewish Female Identity in Contemporary British Art (Lund Humphries 1996 - contributing editor) and After Auschwitz: Responses to the Holocaust in Contemporary Art (Lund Humphries 1995 - contributing editor).

Review

A year-long arts festival, including major names, will take place to celebrate the contribution of refugees to British culture. The festival, Insiders/Outsiders, which coincides with the 80th anniversary of the outbreak of the Second World War, will feature exhibitions, concerts, dance and theatre performances, film screenings, walks, lectures and literary events all over the UK. An accompanying anthology focusing on the visual arts will be published by Lund Humphries in early March. —feature, artsindustry.co.uk, https://www.artsindustry.co.uk/news/1416-arts-festival-to-honour-britain-s-refugees

At a time when the issue of immigration is much debated, the book serves as a reminder of the importance of cultural cross-fertilization and of the deep, long-lasting and wide-ranging contribution that refugees make to British life. —feature, artdaily.com, http://artdaily.com/news/109959/New-book-honours-the-deep-impact-of-refugees-from-Nazi-occupied-Europe-on-British-culture#.XGQSui2cY8Y

About this edition

• Publisher: Lund Humphries
• Publication date: 2019
• ISBN 10: 1848223463
• ISBN 13: 9781848223462
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 256
• Editor: Bohm-Duchen Monica