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Everybody who was anybody: c/o Press Et Information, Victoria 8r Albert Museum,
London SW7 2R L.
a biography of Gertrude Stein Galerie Gilles Gheerbrant (2130 Crescent Street,
Montreal H3G 2B8, Canada) is putting together a show
by Janet Hobhouse
xii, 244 pp; 100 illustrations (8 in colour). called Hommage a Muybridge, which will be held from
June 8 to June 26, 1976. Gilles Gheerbrant is interested
Bibliography. Weidenfeld 8- Nicolson, 1975. £5-95.
in receiving information on works by artists who have
found inspiration in the Human Locomotion series by
Gertrude Stein (1874-1946),'a squat Aztec figure', Muybridge and he will be grateful if you could send him
epitomized the spirit of the avant-garde in Paris in the
first half of this century. Hobhouse's lucid, factual information in the form of slides or photographs of works
of your own or of which you are aware. Please do not
biography concentrates on her public role as the patroness
send any actual works yet. The show will be international
of the visual and literary arts (an intimate psychological
portrait is not attempted nor is there a detailed analysis of in scope and we are already assured of contributions
Stein's achievements as a writer). The book contains from England, the States, Australia, Belgium, etc. The
gallery is not too large but the information that will be
numerous illustrations of the famous Stein collection of
modern paintings and the luminaries in the circle of gathered for the occasion of the coming show might
evolve into publications or a major circulating museum
Gertrude and her-brothers Leo and Michael.
show.
II corpo come linguaggio (La New openings
In London : Galerie Aziza, 13 Carlos Place, W1. Tel :
'Body-art' e storie simili) 01-499 1 562 ; AIR (Art Information Registry Ltd) at
125/129 Shaftesbury Avenue, WC1. In Newcastle :
by Lea Vergine
325 pp ; fully illustrated. Robert Self at 17 Queen's Lane, nr. High Lane Bridge.
Milan : Giampaolo Prearo Editore, 1974. In New York : four galleries from different American
London : Idea Books, 1975. £5.50 cities have opened at 139 Spring Street. Tel : Edward
Thorp at (212) 925 1200. The four galleries are the
Braunstein/Quay, San Francisco; Phyllis Kind, Chicago;
This pioneering softback fills a gap in art literature by
Carl Solway, Cincinnatti ; Edward Thorp, Santa Monica.
providing documentation, in the form of photographs and
artist's texts, of the work of over sixty body and
performance artists. Biographical details are also supplied. Fellowship
All the major figures are included —Acconci, Beuys,
Lincolnshire and Humberside Arts in conjunction with
Gilbert 8- George, Nitsch etc. — but one surprising Yorkshire Television Ltd are inviting applications for
omission is Stuart Brisley. A short hermetic introduction
a new fellowship in printmaking. The person appointed
is contributed by the Italian critic Lea Vergine. The text
will be based in Grantham. A bursary of £1,250 pa will be
throughout is in English and Italian.
available, plus additional subsidies for purchasing
essential equipment. Information available from :
Visual Arts Officer, Lincolnshire 8- Humberside Arts,
Beaumont Lodge, Beaumont Fee, Lincoln. Closing
date for applications Nov 17.
Visual communication and thé
graphic arts: photographic New appointments
John Elderfield has been appointed Curator of Sculpture
technologies in the nineteenth and Painting, MOMA, New York. He is selecting the
Fauve Exhibition which opens in March next year.
century Alvin Balkind is the new Chief Curator of the
by Estelle Jussim Vancouver Art Gallery. He was previously Director of the
xvi, 364 pp ; 121 illustrations. Bibliography. Fine Art Gallery at the University of British Columbia.
New York : Xerox/Bowker, 1974. S25
Lecture
An extremely handsome book dealing with a fascinating Tickets are available at £1.50 for William Tucker's
subject : the relationship between artworks and their lecture on Brancusi's monumental sculptures : 'Turgu
reproduction in books, magazines, and as prints via
graphic technologies (engraving, etching, lithography) Jiu : Sculpture's Perspective', at the Royal Institution,
Albemarle Street, London, on December 9 at 6.30 pm.
and the transformation of that relationship brought about
by the introduction of photography. The American Tickets from : Friends of the Tate Office, Tate Gallery.
Tel : 01-828 1212.
author, a lecturer in library science, ambitiously attempts
to incorporate the findings of information theorists and
psychologists of perception into her account of visual Venice Biennale
codes. Particular attention is paid to the illustrations of Richard Long will be Britain's representative in 1976.
the work of the American artists Frederic Remington and
William Hamilton Gibson.
Thelma Watt has recently established an artists'
agency within the SPACE building in Shaftesbury
Avenue. Her particular interest is in drawings, and her
aim is to find outlets for lesser-known artists who, in her
opinion, show a talent which should be exposed. She is
available to advise visitors to London as to where they
NEWS AND NOTES can go to see or purchase contemporary work, either in
galleries or in the artists' studios. Her work will also cover
arranging exhibitions for independent groups or
competitions. Thelma Watt can be contacted by writing
Information required
In Nov 1976 the Victoria and Albert Museum will to 69 Dartmouth Park Road, London NW5 or
telephoning 485-5289. She has selected an exhibition of
stage a major exhibition to celebrate the 25th anniversary
drawings on the theme 'Figures into Spaces' which will
of the Festival of Britain. The organizers of this new
exhibition, called 'A Tonic to the Nation', are Mrs take place at the Curwen Gallery, 1 Colville Place,
Mary Reyner Banham, the art historian, and Bevis London, during November.
Hillier, Editor of The Connoisseur. Anyone who would
like to contribute should write to Mr Bevis Hillier,
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