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but again, despite the quality of his Books 1973. London, Constable, 1974. Hans Haacke showed the Solomon
work, its purchase reveals another £1.40. Guggenheim Museum in New York,
significant thread in the pattern of Metamorphosis of a death symbol: A collection of grotesque drawings in March. The exhibition listed the RE
discrimination ; purchase for public the 'trans? tomb in the late Middle most of which were previously Board of Trustees, the Guggenheim
art collections takes place almost Ages and the Renaissance by published in Germany in 1918 and family members among trustees and
entirely via the art dealer network. Kathleen Cohen. xv, 215 pp, 80 plates; 1923, Kubin (1877-1959), a the corporate affiliation of trustees, VIE
The avant-garde film movement has 122 illustrations. Bibliography. suicidal and neurotic artist, was namely the Anglo Co. Ltd., the
developed a frame of reference (California studies in the History of deeply attached to his 'Angst' and
broadly opposed to this 'commodity' art, Vol 15). Berkeley, University of his vigorous and grisly drawings Robert Garrett and Sons Inc.,
structure, so selection committees do California Press, 1974. £14.25. faithfully reflect his morbid Guggenheim Bros., Kennecott
not usually encounter the best of Tombs are important guides to imagination. But, according to Copper Corp., Minerec Corp.,
film art. The Tate extension building changes in the history of taste. The Sebba's informative introduction, Pacific Tin Consolidated Corp.,
is now well advanced, and the sculptors of the sepulchral monuments Kubin was impervious to the Printex Inc., Cyrus J. Lawrence and
opportunity to present the best of known as 'transi' tombs depicted actual horrors of Nazi Germany which Sons, Chase Brass and Copper Co. 3
Elgerbar Corp., the Fieldspar Corp., W
film and video work regularly, using death in the form of emaciated and occurred during his lifetime and never Federal Reserve Bank of New York,
the improved facilities, should not decaying corpses. These gruesome chose to depict them. Peabody Coal Co., Proctor and
be missed, a clear report on film/ figures served a variety of symbolic John A. Walker Gamble Co., Quebec Iron and
video presentation and collection functions which are elucidated in Titanium Corp., White and Chase,
should be prepared so the Tate can Cohen's scholarly text. The author is Anglo Ventures, Barber Oil Corp.,
develop the basis of a sensible policy. the chairman of the art department at News & notes Companhia de Diamented de Angola.
San Jose University, California ; she
BF I fund film and video groups
has studied over 200 European tombs
During the last six months, the
in the course of her researches.
British Film Institute have established
a fund for financing the equipment
Ipotesi per una casa esistenziale by
and activities of film and video lco Parisi and others. 105 pp; fully
groups. Though this fund emerged illustrated. Assisi/Roma, Beniamino
out of the BFI's Production Board,
Carucci, 1974. (no price given).
following their recognition of some A photographic record of a Utopian
gaps in their own area and method of project — 'a hypothesis for an
funding, it is not currently a part of existential space' — devised by Ico
that board, but a separate committee Parisi which involves a new approach
working under the BFI Director, to architectural planning ; i.e. designs
Keith Lucas. In its rather hurried for a house intended to cater for man's
inception period (responding to the spiritual needs rather than his
need for urgent financing), and at the material requirements. Artists as
end of its first half-financial year, it various as César, C. Close, D. Hanson,
has allocated £10,500 to be split G. Collina and G. Bellandi have made
between twelve groups. Each of the contributions to the project and their
following received £1,000: Berwick short texts appear in Italian, French
Street Collective, London Women's
and English.
Film Group, London Film-makers' Model showing lower half of proposed mural/relief structure for Nottingham Teaching Hospital
and Medical School. Metal panels on plaster base, 10x 7 metres
Co-operative, Infilms (Interaction), The Blaue Reiter almanac edited by
Ifriqiyah Films, Liberation Films, Wassily Kandinsky and Franz Marc
Marina Vaizey, art critic of The Correction (see April News &
Cinema Action and Independent (new documentary edition edited
Financial Times, will be taking over notes) the tour of Joseph Beuys's
Cinema West. The following received with an introduction by Klaus from John Russell as art critic of drawings 1936-1973 has been
smaller sums: Centre for Advanced Lankheit). 296 pp ;158 illustrations.
The Sunday Times at the end of May. arranged by Nick Serota of the
TV Studies, £675; Graft-On, £675; Bibliography. Thames and Hudson, The Bi-Centenary Exhibition of Museum of Modern Art, Oxford,
West London Theatre Workshop, 1974. £3.75 hardback, £1.95
Turner will be at the Royal Academy assisted by Caroline Tisdall. The
£750; and a sub-group from paperback. from November 1974 to March 1975.
24 Frames, £400. Peter Sainsbury The Blue Rider almanac was first exhibition continues at Oxford until
Sotheby's Sale of Contemporary 12 May. On 7 May at 8pm there is a
has been taken onto the BFI staff to published in 1912. It is a classic
Art 1945-1974 was held on 3 and seminar with Caroline Tisdall, and on
conduct a continuing survey into the document of twentieth-century art 4 April in London. Below are some 10 May a seminar at 2pm and a
financing of independent film and theory and contains writings by Marc,
of the prices fetched with pre-sale discussion at 8pm, both with
video groups in the UK. Sainsbury Kandinsky, Macke, Schonberg and estimates and buyers in brackets. Joseph Beuys.
is joint editor with Simon Field of others. The present volume is a
Afterimage, the only British film translation and revision of the 1965 Jim Dine— Car Crash (£6-7,000) — £4,500
magazine worth opening, however German edition compiled by Morris Louis-2-10 (£13-15,000) — £17,000 (Waddington)
rarely and spasmodically it appears. Lankheit. David Hockney —Kingy B (£7-9,000) — £12,000
Tom Wesselman —Bedroom Painting No. 10 (£7-8,000) — £12,000
Hassan goes to UNRWA French painting by R. H. Wilenski. Andy Warhol — Triple Elvis (£27-30,000) — £23,000
On 19 April, Mamoun Hassan gave xvii, 316 pp, 128 plates; 205 Morris Louis—Beta Sigma (£30-35,000) — £29,000
up his job as production officer of the illustrations. New York, Dover, 1973. Robert Rauschenberg —Sleep of Yvonne Rainer (£21-30,000) — £16,000
BFI production board to join the London, Constable, 1974, (third Andy Warhol —Four Marlons (£27-30,000) — £26,000 (Whitehead)
United Nations Relief Works Agency, revised edition). £2.80. Richard Smith—Mandarin (£4-5,000) — £2,000 (Kasmin)
as head of their film branch. This is A firmly-bound paperback version of Phillip King —Slant (£3,500-4,500) — £4,000 (Rowan)
not intended as a 'tribute' for his work the second revised edition (1949) of Roy Lichtenstein — Mirror (£13-15,000) — £17,000 (Marlborough)
on the BFI Board — my deep Wilenski's standard work surveying Ad Reinhardt —Abstract Painting (£19-22,000) — £24,000
involvement in the machinations of French painting from the fourteenth Robert Ryman — Composition (£2,500-5,500) — £8,750
that board as a committee member century to Cubism. The usefulness of Don Judd — Untitled (£6,500-7,500) — £5,500 (Whitehead)
disqualifies me for that task, but I this book would be greatly increased Cy Twombly— Bolsena (£17-20,000) — £21,000
would like to record my personal by the addition of extra chapters to Antoni Tapies— Le Lit Bleu (£10-12,000) — £21,800
good will to Mamoun and wish him bring it up to date and by the inclusion Lucio Fontana — Concetto Spaziale-La Fine di Dio (£12-15,000) — £28,000
well in his new job. of a detailed bibliography. All that has Roy Lichtenstein —Purple Range (£12-14,000) — £12,000 (Fischer)
been added to the second edition are Christo — Package (£6-7,000) — £12,100
Film preview
notes concerning changes of Kenneth Noland — Catherine — £13,000 (Leder)
The Arts Council is previewing new
attributions and locations of pictures. Elsworth Kelly— Wave Motif— £15,000 (Waddington)
films at the ICA on 6 May. Filmprint David Hockney — Building, Pershing Square, Los Angeles— £24,000 (Kantor)
by Peter Gidal and Park Film, Winter Kubin's 'Dance of death' and other Sol LeWitt — 7 Two Part Variations on 2 Different kinds of Cubes — £7,000
and Summer and Windmill by Chris drawings by Alfred Kubin with a new Dan Flavin —A Primary Picture — £4,800 (Whitehead)
Welsby. For tickets contact the AC. introduction by Gregor Sebba. 95 pp; Yves Klein —Arman —Portrait-Relief— £15,500 (Janis)
Malcolm Le Grice 83 illustrations. New York, Dover, Christo— Three wrapped oak trees (drawing) — £13,000