Lawrence Alloway: Critic and Curator (Issues & Debates)

Bradnock, Lucy et al.

ISBN 10: 1606064428 / ISBN 13: 9781606064429

Published by Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, 2015

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Black and red and illus. wraps, 204 pp., BW & color illus. A collection of 9 essays. "Lawrence Alloway (1926-90) was a key figure in the development of modern art in Europe and America from the 1950s to the 1980s. Credited with coining the term 'pop art,' he also championed conceptual art and feminist artists in America. His interests as a critic and as a curator at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York ranged widely, including architecture, design, earthworks, film, neorealism, science fiction, and public sculpture. Largely self-taught, Alloway was a noted educator and a prolific writer who sought to escape the conventions of art historical discourse. The essays in this volume illuminate Alloway's crucial role in shaping the field and anticipating approaches such as social art history and visual and cultural studies." (back cover) Essays are: Lawrence Alloway: pedagogy, practice, and the recognition of audience, 1948-1959 / Victoria Walsh -- Science fiction as muse: Lawrence Alloway and the art of speculative criticism / Rebecca Peabody -- Criticism at the frontier: Lawrence Alloway at the movies / Lucy Bradnock -- "Spacial disorientation patterns": Lawrence Alloway, curating, and the global turn / Michael Lobel -- Lawrence Alloway's systems / Courtney J. Martin -- Lawrence Alloway, Robert Smithson, and earthworks / Joy Sleeman -- Teaching art criticism: Lawrence Alloway at Stony Brook / Jennifer Mundy -- The art world as multiple: Lawrence Alloway and artists and photographs / Beatrice von Bismarck -- The present complex: Lawrence Alloway and the currency of museums / Julia Bryan-Wilson.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Lawrence Alloway: Critic and Curator (Issues & Debates)
• Publisher: Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1606064428
• ISBN 13: 9781606064429
• Binding: Softcover
• Condition: VG+. Close to new.
• Seller catalogs:
  • Biography / Autobiography

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Synopsis

This incisive book offers a revealing glimpse into the life and thought of a seminal art critic

Lawrence Alloway (1926–1990) was a key figure in the development of modern art in Europe and America from the 1950s to the 1980s. He is credited with coining the term pop art and with championing conceptual art and feminist artists in America.

 His interests as a critic and as a curator at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York were wide-ranging, however, and included architecture, design, earthworks, film, neorealism, science fiction, and public sculpture. Early in his career he was associated with the Independent Group in London and although he was largely self-taught, he was a noted educator and lecturer. A prolific writer, Alloway sought to escape the conventions of art-historical discourse. This volume illuminates how he often shaped the field and anticipated approaches such as social art history and visual and cultural studies.
 
Lawrence Alloway: Critic and Curator provides the first critical analysis of the multiple facets of Alloway’s life and career, exploring his formative influence on the disciplines of art history, art criticism, and museum studies. The nine essays in this volume depend on primary archival research, much of it conducted in the Lawrence Alloway Papers held by the Getty Research Institute. Each author addresses a distinct aspect of Alloway’s eclectic professional interests and endeavors.

About the Author

Lucy Bradnock is assistant professor of art history at the University of Nottingham. Courtney J. Martin is assistant professor of art history at Brown University. Rebecca Peabody is head of Research Projects and Programs at the Getty Research Institute.