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are under attack Elsen's unquestioning ideology, art and theory, than in Baroness Ingrid von Oppenheim,
promotion of these values seems in bad Britain. Unfortunately few of these 'Cologne's patron saint of video art',
taste. The book is stodgily designed - texts ever get translated into English. opened her studio at Lindenstrasse 20
a few coloured illustrations might have Below is a check list of the more during October with a concert by
helped. interesting titles. Charlemagne Patestine.
Albrecht, H.J. Farbe als sprache:
New Japanese photography; edited by The Tate Gallery's Sol LeWitt
Robert Delaunay, Josef Albers, Richard
John Stzarkowski and Shoji Yamagishi. Paul Lohse (Colour as language ...). Walldrawing will go on view in January
112pp; 116 illus. New York: Museum provided the Ministry of Works have
Dumont, 1974. 8.80 D M
of Modern Art, 1974. £5.50. the room prepared in time.
Autonomie der kunst: zur genese und
A book/catalogue produced in
kritik einer burgerlichen kategorie
association with a MOMA exhibition Phillip King is having an Arts Council
edited by Muller (Autonomy of art:
(reviewed by Max Kozloff in the June touring exhibition beginning in May
issue of Artforum). In their introduction origin and critique of a bourgeois 1975, included will be three large
category). Suhrkamp, 1972. 7 D M
the two editors argue that a national sculptures, a film and documentation
identity can be detected even in such an Damus, M. Funktionen der bildenden through slides.
apparently neutral medium as kunst im spatkapitalismus. (Function
photography. Post-War Japanese of the fine arts in capitalism today). Performance Art Events are being
photographers have moved away from Fischer, 1973. 6.80 D M planned by the Arts Council to take
formalism towards an involvement with Dettke, K. Kunst, visuelle komm place in the Flower Market, Covent
the subject and his values; their images kommunikation. Unterrichtsmodelle. Garden, London next summer.
have a directness, an excitement and, (Art, visual communication.
frequently, a nightmarish quality which Infrastructure). Anabas, 1973. The Whitechapel Gallery, London has
is peculiarly Japanese. 19.80 D M now closed due to financial difficulties.
Benefit dinners and auctions are planned
Franke, H.W. and Jager, G. Apparative
Londoners: photographs by Nancy kunst. (Machine art). Dumont, 1973. Herbert Read in his studio, standing in and, if successful, the gallery will
Hellebrand; introduced by Simon 24 DM front of Le Petit Provencal by Ben reopen in the new year.
Wilson. 7pp, 48 plates; 48 illus. Lund Nicholson, c. 1933
Funktionen bildender kunst in unserer
Humphries, 1974. £2.95 The Art Placement Group have moved
gesellschaft (Function of fine art in our
A collection of sombre photographs society). Anabas, 1972 1971. than the older galleries. The Sotheby to new premises at 44 Earlham Street,
which were recently displayed at the London WC2 (Telephone 01-836 4285)
16.80D M Parke Bernet Contemporary Auction
National Portrait Gallery. Mostly they Gosztonyi, A. Der mensch in der in New York during October produced
depict melancholy figures in interiors, David J ones, the writer and painter,
modernen malerei (Man in modern relatively good results especially as the died in October at the age of 78. He
i.e. Londoners at home. In his short Impressionist auction the day before
introduction Simon Wilson praises their painting). Beck, 1970. 12.80 D M was a catastrophe. The sale netted studied at Camberwell School of Art,
formal strength and monumentality; Hauser, A. Kunst und gesellschaft $2,007,625 (estimate $2,105,000 to enlisted in the First World War then
he also claims that they present (Art and society). Beck, 1973. $2,945,000) and the buy-ins were less continued his studies at Westminster
'truthful images of certain social 10.80 D M than 30%. Two paintings by Francis School of Art. He joined the Roman
realities'. The portraits are by a young Hiepe, R. Die kunst der neuen klasse Bacon did noticeably well. Catholic Church and in 1922 joined
American photographer whose work is (Art for and by the proletariat). (Information courtesy Art Aktuell). Eric Gill's Guild of St Joseph and St
influenced by Arbus and Brandt. Bertelsmann, 1973. 20 D M Dominic where he did book illustration
followed by six years of intense
Hock, W. Kunst als suche noch freiheit Lawrence Gowing, Professor of Fine Art
Art and the imagination: a study in the (Art as a means of freedom). Dumont, at Leeds University, will succeed painting halted by a complete breakdown
philosophy of mind by Roger Scruton. 1973. 14.80D M Sir William Coldstream as Slade in health. He put into shape his writings
viii, 256pp; bibliography. Methuen, about the war which resulted in his
Mack, H. and Weidenemann, K. Professor at the Slade School of Fine
1974. £4.50. Art, London in 1975. acclaimed book /n Parenthesis.
A somewhat technical account of Imaginationen (Lavish picture book In 1939 he began painting again and in
dealing with light art). Propylaen, 1973.
aesthetic experience in terms of an 1955 had a retrospective at the Tate
98 DM Norbert Lynton, Director of
empiricist philosophy of mind which Exhibitions at the Arts Council of Gallery.
offers an alternative to the more popular Moller, H:R. Gegen den kunstunterricht Great Britain, is leaving in January to
semantic theory of art. The author (Against art as it is taught). Maier, 1971. take up a post in the Art History 'Hampstead in the Thirties: A
(lecturer in philosophy at Birckbeck) 26 D M Committed Decade' is at the Camden
Department of the Open University
acknowledges the influence of Kant Moles, A.A. Kunst & computer (Art under Aaron Scharf. Norbert Lynton Art Centre, Arkwright Road, London
and Wittgenstein and comes to the and computer). Dumont, 1973. found his job at the Arts Council NW3 until 19 January 1975. The
conclusion that ethics and aesthetics 8.80 D M essentially a desk and paper job and exhibition aims to give a new view of
are one. Only a name index is provided the integrated and intimate quality of
Morschel, J. Deutscher kunst der 60er feels he is best at teaching and writing.
therefore quick access to the concepts jahre; plastik, objekte, aktionen. He describes his time at the Arts Council life in Hampstead during a period of
discussed is impossible. (German art of the 1960s ...). as being valuable and happy from a intense creativity heightened by the
Bruckmann, 1972. 64 D M human and organizational point of view. impact of the Depression, the Spanish
The triumph of Art Nouveau: Paris Ohff, H. Anti-kunst. (Anti-art). Droste, Civil War and the coming World War.
exhibition 1900 by Philippe Julian. Amongst the artists showing are Gabo,
1973. 24D M Garage Art, 52 Earlham Street, London
216pp, 16 plates; 143 illus. (16 in Heartfield, Hepworth, Moholy-Nagy,
Pfeiffer, G. Kunst und communikation. WC2 has reopened with a new board of
colour). Phaidon, 1974. £5.95 Mondrian, Moore and Nicholson.
Grundlegung einer kybernetischen directors and hopes to keep running for
In Europe during the last century world
asthetik. (Art and communication. a year. The response to Nice Style's
exhibitions were events of great social The New York School of Holography
Foundations of a cybernetic aesthetic). recent performances there was very
and cultural significance. Approximately have recently opened a museum in their
Dumont, 1972. 24D M good and has restored faith in the
forty million people visited the Paris gallery. premises at 120 West 20th Street. The
Expo of 1900. This fully illustrated Roh, J. Deutsche Kunst der 60er jahre: School offers courses in Basic and
book considers the exhibition from malerei, collage, Op art, graphik. The Victoria and Albert Museum, Advanced Holography as well as an
various angles - there are chapters on (German art of the 1960s: painting ...). London has recently been given a intensive weekend course and travelling
'electricity', 'Decorative arts', 'Fine Bruckmann, 1971. 64 D M lecture demonstrations.
complete room with furnishings and
arts', 'history', 'exoticism' - and Sager, P. Neue formen des realismus
fittings designed by Frank Lloyd
describes how the Modern, but anti- (New forms of realism). Dumont, 1973. The Guggenheim Museum, New York
Wright. The room was an office in the
functional, style of Art Nouveau 24 D M have recently acquired six major
Kaufmann Department Store in
triumphed as the official design style of paintings by Dubuffet from the
Schmeid, W. Zweihundert jahre Pittsburgh and was completed in 1937.
the exhibition. phantastiche maleri. (Two hundred collection of Baron Elie de Rothschild.
years of fantasy painting). Rembrandt The Arts Council recently decided that
La Bertesca Gallery of Milan and Genoa
Artbooks from Germany Verlag, 1973. 128 D M part of their regional policy would be
have opened a large gallery at Kaiser-
An exhibition of books from the to concentrate a larger proportion of
Friedrich-Ring 6, Dusseldorf, with a
Federal Republic of Germany was held their financial resources into three
show of Italian artists. Amongst their
at the Royal Festival Hall in November News and notes centres: the Museum of Modern Art stable are the Fluxus group and Andre,
as part of London's German month. Oxford, the Arnolfini Bristol and
Darboven, Judd and LeWitt.
On display in the section devoted to The Art Market. Business 'exceeded the Midland Group Gallery Nottingham.
the visual arts were a number of expectations' at the Cologne and 'sales In the autumn the Arnolfini Bristol is Heiner Friedrich has moved his Cologne
illustrated paperbacks dealing with were good' at the Dusseldorf Art Fairs moving to a specially converted tea gallery to new larger premises at
recent art. Judging from their content in October. In view of the generally warehouse on Narrow Quay and the
Bismarckstrasse 50.
it is obvious that there is more concern bad economic situation expectations Midland Group will be moving to a
in Germany with the relationship were very low anyway. The avant- building in Carlton Street with 19,000
between art and society, art and garde galleries did better on the whole square feet of space. Compiled by Paul Martin