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reprehensible in view of the potential trust and News and notes Terry Scales, Tony Smith, Brian Tremain, all
communication between artists and an art of whom are particularly interested in people's
journal supposedly sympathetic to artists' responses to their immediate neighbourhood,
concerns. both town and country.
This is not to say that there was no
comnunication between the Policy Group and `The Age of Neo-classicism' is the title of an
members of your editorial staff. If your exhibition to be held at the Royal Academy of
editorial staff had acted with professional Arts and the Victoria and Albert Museum
integrity it would have known our exact 9 September to 19 November. The exhibition
position regarding publication of information is being organized by the Arts Council for the
and articles relating to the Artists' Union. Council of Europe. Associated exhibitions are:
Namely, that members of the Policy Group of 'Lady Hamilton', 18 July to I6 October at The
artists committed to the formation of the Iveagh Bequest, Kenwood; 'The Hamilton
Union had signed an agreement to the effect Collection' at The British Museum 18 August to
that there would be no publicity until the 29 October; 'Drawings of French and Italian
Union was constitutionally formed as a Branch Neo-classical Architecture and Decoration from
of A.S.T.M.S. (Association of Scientific, the Cooper-Hewitt Museum, New York', at
Technical and Managerial Staffs). This the RIBA Gallery 8 September to 19 November.
agreement was made in consultation with City Gerd Winner has been awarded this year's
Branch of A.S.T.M.S. who also recognized German Critics Prize for Fine Arts, Berlin.
the need for carefully constructed and agreed Among Winner's works are a St Katherine
press statements between itself and members Docks suite, produced in I970-71, in which,
of the Artist's Union. working with Chris Prater, he transformed 3o
What in fact you published was an 'Interim
Report' issued as an information sheet to photographs into a suite of six prints plus title
page. This year he has completed another set of
provide facts for artists attending a meeting of
prints (again printed at Kelpra Press), titled
the Artists' Union at Camden Studios on
Docklands, and derived from strong
18 March. By publishing this without contextual
photographic images of London docks. Of these
information or authors' permission, or
Winner says : 'The photos were the exact
consultation, Studio International has not only
proportions of the final prints, so the composition
jeopardized the artists' ability to work together
was made through the lens of the camera. I
in trust but also has resorted to cheap
have chosen very boring images which people
journalism of the most commercially onerous
see day in day out but never look at'. (One of
sort.
Winner's recent prints is illustrated on p. 29o.)
We object to this interference by you for your
own profit-motivated need to 'fill an issue'.
The following American artists will be showing
And we feel that this situation underlies the
urgent need for artists to join together to their work at the Venice Biennale: Diane Arbus,
actively fight their exploitation by so-called Ron Davis, Richard Estes, Sam Gilliam, James
'friends'—institutional or other. Nutt, Keith Sonnier.
THE PoLICY GROUP
Marcus Ratliff is the new Art Director of
London W11
Studio International. He runs a design studio
and advertising agency in New York, which
[We apologize if our premature publication of
information on the artists' union has caused distress deals mainly with the major art galleries there, Bernard Schottlander
or any setback to those concerned. This was very far designing their advertising, catalogues, books 2 MS Series No I 1970
from our intention. The material which we printed etc. He recently had an exhibition of his work 3.6o x 8.5o x 2.90 m
was, however, fairly widely circulated and discussed
and was not marked `confidential'; nor were any at Multiples Inc. New York. Bernard Schottlander is to have an outdoor
members of our editorial staff aware that an embargo
had been imposed on publicising information on these Achim Moeller Ltd., 8 Grosvenor Street, exhibition of large steel sculpture, to be held on
proposals. Had we been aware of this restriction we Guinness Brewery's meadow at Western
would not have published it. London WI, opened on 2 June. The gallery will
The material was printed in Studio International be principally involved in the purchase and sale Avenue, Park Royal, London NW10, from
not out of cheap journalistic motives, not to 'fill a 14 June to I2 July. The meadow is opposite
hole', and not from a 'profit-motivated' point of view of nineteenth- and twentieth-century paintings, Park Royal tube station and can also be reached
(the writers of this letter are evidently unaware of the sculpture and graphics.
economic position of an art journal such as this); it by a footpath from Coronation Road, London
was printed because we have consistently tried to NW10, where there is ample parking space. All
provide information on all activities by artists which Fischer Fine Art Limited London, 3o King enquiries to Bernard Schottlander, 35 Frognal,
are designed to improve and safeguard their relations Street, St James's, London SW1, opened on
with museums, public and private galleries, and other 2 June with an exhibition called 'A Journey London NW10. Tel: 01-435 2929.
art institutions (including art journals), and we shall into the Universe of Art', which includes works
continue to try to do so.—Ed.] [Theo Crosby writes : Bernard Schottlander
by Renoir, Moore, Schiele, Nolde, Lindner, makes his sculpture as strong and as permanent
Magritte, Bacon. The exhibition ends on
Chairmen 29 July. as possible. He became well known as an
With reference to William Tucker's comments industrial designer in the fifties and for many
on Rietveld, since when have great sculptors `The Personal Environment' is the title of years ran a metal workshop. He has come to
been assessed on a handful of chairs ? I think an exhibition being held at The Morley Gallery, full-time sculpture only in recent years, but
there is more to life than this. brings to it a superb craftsmanship in the working
61 Westminster Bridge Road, London SE1
STEPHEN GARDINER of steel. His industrial experience enables him
London SW3 until 17 June. The artists in the exhibition are to produce huge sculptures, without being
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