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addressing the audience disturbed McMillan and Peter Stevenson have
many people. However, New Yorkers yet to develop an individual style or
at the festival maintained that his live adopt a personal iconography; the
work is more impressive there, and prints show everyday situations,
perhaps his presentation was familiar objects or landscapes. But
disturbed in some way by the the execution is skilful and the scenes
London situation. amusingly observed. They have
Malcolm Le Grice charm. And best of all they offer
anybody an opportunity to buy prints.
Andrea Adam
Graphics

London is finally paying the kind of Books
attention to Lowell Nesbitt that he
deserves; a major exhibition of oils at Le Corbusier and the tragic view of
Gimpel Fils and a small but exquisite architecture by Charles Jencks.
show of prints at the Hester Van 198pp, 108 black and white
Royen Gallery in Walton Street. The illustrations. Architect and society
lithographs were executed in series. Allen Lane, 1973. £5.50.
1971 and form a part of Nesbitt's The enigmatic personality, theories, Richard Serra Spin Out for Robert Smithson, Oct. 1973 at the Kroger- Müller
famous 'Flower' series in which he and love life of the 'greatest architect sculpture park, Otterlo
has painted infinitely detailed, of the twentieth century'
realistic roses, irises and in this case meticulously dissected by the News & David Medalla has now had his
tulips. The prints have been made in prolific Charles Jencks, utilizing Grande Vibration Noire et Bleue by
an edition of ten, size 42 x 29¼ inches, extensive quotations from Le Soto returned to him after it was
and sell for £125. The exhibition Corbusier's writings. It seems that Le notes inadvertently sold without his
shows the same tulip over and over, Corbusier saw himself as a tragic consent by Sotheby's, the well-known
ten times, but in different colours. figure, a Nietzschean superman 'Mundus', a machine made by John auctioneers.
With each colour change the tulip whose destiny was the struggle to Stezaker will be shown at Nigel
becomes a new and different flower. establish the modernist aesthetic. Greenwood Inc. until 15 November. 'Nightline', a programme of the new
The deep violet one is outrageously The machine, which is in the format commercial radio station, London
life-like and tactile ; almost sculptural Constable: paintings, drawings and of a game, is an electronically Broadcasting, includes reviews and
and at the same time it appears watercolours by Basil Taylor. computed, self enclosed, total features on the arts every night from
sinister and impersonal. Where 240pp, 191 illustrations (32 pages of learning system. Questions 10 pm to 6 am. London Broadcasting
Nesbitt has used yellow, green or colour) bibliography. Phaidon, 1973. concerning action, learning, custom is on 417 metres Medium Wave or
terracotta the tulips become flatter, £7.50. A handsome volume which and law are explored in the work. 97.3 KHz. VHF.
more abstract but intensely lyrical. provides 'a large anthology of
As the eye moves from print to print Constable's pictures and of his The Tate Gallery is arranging an The Ceolfrith Arts Centre have
the image keeps altering its persona. observations on art and nature'. exhibition entitled 'Landscape in organized a Science Fiction Festival
But they all share a certain controlled Taylor's introduction is rather short Britain' which will run from 21 for November called 'Beyond this
violence and overt sexuality, (only 39 pages of text) but is an November till 3 February. The show Horizon' which will take place at
something which Nesbitt has in expert survey of Constable's work will survey the art of landscape in various places in Sunderland.
common with Georgia O'Keefe, and the literature on him. One Britain during the most important Further information can be
although she belongs to an older complaint: some reproductions phase of its development, beginning obtained from the Ceolfrith Arts
generation of realists. The show works extend over two pages and the with Wilson and Gainsborough and Centre, 17, Grange Terrace, Stockton
particularly well looked at as a whole ; paintings suffer the indignity of continuing through to the Pre- Rd., Sunderland. Tel. Sunderland
ideally the prints should be seen being sliced in two by the sewing, Raphaelites. 78543.
together rather than split up. In a other illustrations bleed off
group they have a dance-like irritatingly into the binding. The Hayward Biennale which is The 5th International Film
movement ; like flowers in a garden. planned for the autumn of 1974 will Competition will take place next
Postal sculpture by Robin Klassnik. consist entirely of paintings. The year from December 1974 to January
The DM Gallery in the Fulham Road 11 leaves, 1 illustration. Published initial selection of the artists who will 1975 at Knokke-Heist in Belgium.
has put on a show called 'Etchings' by the artist at 10 Martello St, be exhibiting will be made by Andrew The competition, which will award
where six young artists have been London E8. 1973. 50p unsigned, Forge. These artists will in turn money-prizes, is restricted to films not
given a chance to get exposure. The £1.50 signed. recommend other artists and so on. previously shown. In order to
etchings run from £6-45 and are sold Report of a postal sculpture event until the full quota is made up. encourage the production of films
in small editions. The artists James organized by Klassnik. Members of especially made for the competition,
Allen, Bill Laing, John Fassolas, the public—selected at random—sent Garage Arts will be opening at 52 the Royal Belgian Film Archive will
Patricia Tobacco Forrester, Annie in 1515 items of junk, which were Earlham St., in Covent Garden, supply a limited quantity of
then exhibited in a shop window in London, early in November, with a Gevachrome 16mm stock to young
Crouch End. The artist assembled show of works by Richard Smith. The film-makers. Further information and
another collection, on the theme of gallery is being run by Martin entry forms can be obtained from the
yellow, at the ICA recently. Postal Attwood and Tony Stokes. The Royal Belgian Film Archive, 23, rue
sculpture is described as 'sculpture directors of this enterprise are Ravenstein, 100 — Brussels, Belgium.
by contribution — a voluntary and Terence Conran, John Kasmin, Compiled by Paul Martin
global art form organized but not Richard Smith, Anthony Caro and
dictated by a single artist'; the latter David Hockney. London Film-makers Co-op, 13a
is called the 'impresario of the Prince of Wales Crescent, NW1 will
unknown'. 2nd House, BBC 2's successor to be showing Michael Snow's Central
'Full House', on 3 November, will be Region (November 21). Also Ken
Pieter Bruegel:• complete edition of showing a film by Edwin Mullins, art Jacobs (November 7) ; William
the paintings by F. Grossmann. critics of the Sunday Telegraph, on Raban (November 14) ; John Ducane
206pp, 149 illustrations, 32 in the show of Japanese Prints at the (November 28) ; Bill Brand
colour. Phaidon, 1973. Third revised Victoria & Albert Museum. (December 5). All 8 pm.
edition. £7.95.
A new edition of a standard work on Steve Reich, the American Peter Cook has resigned the
Pieter Bruegel the elder. It includes a composer, whose Drumming was Directorship of the ICA, London,
recently rehabilitated painting which performed at the Hayward Gallery 'through frustration'. Brian
Lowell Nesbitt did not appear in previous editions. last year, will be touring England Docherty has left the Editorship of
Tulip 1971 John Walker during February 1974. Art in America.
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