Stuart Sutcliffe: a Retrospective

Clough, Matthew H. & Colin Fallows

ISBN 10: 1846311764 / ISBN 13: 9781846311765

Published by Liverpool University Press, 2008

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*** FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request *** - *** IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy, brand new, pristine, never opened -- Text in English. 128 pp. With 96 ills. (35 col. ). 28 x 23 cm. -- with a bonus offer--; Stuart Sutcliffe (1940â "62) is infamously renowned for his short tenure as â the fifth Beatleâ and original bass player for the bandâ "and for his tragic death from a brain hemorrhage at the young age of twenty-one. Less well known are the stylistic contributions he made to both the Beatlesâ "from creating the name of the band with John Lennon to inspiring their original â mop topâ cutsâ "and to the Liverpool and Hamburg art scenes. This volume combines fascinating details from Sutcliffeâ s time in the pubs, flats, and classrooms of Liverpool and Hamburg with an exploration of Sutcliffeâ s art. With contributions from Stuartâ s lover and the acclaimed photographer Astrid Kirchherr, eminent art historian Donald Kuspitt and writer John Savage, as well as thirty-two color images from Sutcliffeâ s work and numerous unpublished black-and-white photos of the artist and members of the Beatles, Stuart Sutcliffe: A Retrospective is a visually stunning celebration of the man, his music, and his art.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Stuart Sutcliffe: a Retrospective
• Publisher: Liverpool University Press
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1846311764
• ISBN 13: 9781846311765
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Stuart Sutcliffe is best known to many as the original bass player in the Beatles, touring with the band in Hamburg in 1960 and 1961. Less well-known is his interest in art. Stuart Sutcliffe: A Retrospective book charts his life as a student at the Liverpool College of Art and subsequently in Hamburg through accounts by people who knew Stuart personally. Rod Murray, Stuart’s great friend at art college, provides a unique insight into their life in the city in the late 1950s, with fascinating details of the pubs and clubs they frequented, and the many flats in which they resided. Further detail is provided by Bill Harry, another art school contemporary who went on to establish the independent pop newspaper Merseybeat. Stuart’s life in Hamburg is recorded through a transcribed interview with his fiancé Astrid Kircherr. It was in a studio created in Astrid’s mother’s attic that Stuart made his famous Hamburg series abstract expressionist canvases. Art historical context is added to these contemporary accounts by essays from Bryan Biggs, who curated the last major exhibition of Stuart’s work in Liverpool, and Jon Savage, the leading cultural historian. The essays are complemented with 32 colour plates illustrating key paintings and numerous additional black and white photographs showing Stuart and his contemporaries, including the Beatles. Some of the latter are unpublished.

About the Authors

Matthew H. Clough is Director of the Victoria Gallery and Museum

Colin Fallows is an artist, curator, writer and Professor of Sound and Visual Arts at Liverpool John Moores University. His research explores crossovers between sound and the visual arts.