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Social Sculpture
Sarah Lowndes
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Description for Social Sculpture
Paperback. Sarah Lowndes looks back at the rise of the Glasgow art scene through the decades. Num Pages: 444 pages, black and white. BIC Classification: 1DBKSC; ACXJ; AN; AV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 149 x 24. Weight in Grams: 724.
Sarah Lowndes looks back at the rise of the Glasgow art scene through the decades, from community art to Thatcher, New Wave to Teenage Fanclub. Charting the emergence of performance and conceptual-related art, she looks at the background from which the art of the last 40 years emerged, the social atmosphere which was able to influence artists, musicians and writers who would go on to be known worldwide.
Sarah Lowndes looks back at the rise of the Glasgow art scene through the decades, from community art to Thatcher, New Wave to Teenage Fanclub. Charting the emergence of performance and conceptual-related art, she looks at the background from which the art of the last 40 years emerged, the social atmosphere which was able to influence artists, musicians and writers who would go on to be known worldwide.
Product Details
Publisher
Luath Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
444
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Weight
716g
Number of Pages
444
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781906817596
SKU
V9781906817596
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Ref
99-16
About Sarah Lowndes
Dr Sarah Lowndes is a lecturer, curator and writer based in Glasgow. Lowndes lectures in the Historical and Critical Studies Department at Glasgow School of Art, where her research focuses on artist-led projects, interdisciplinary and performance-related practice and contemporary art. She regularly contributes to publications including 'Frieze', 'Art on Paper', 'Spike Art Quarterly' and 'Afterall'.
Reviews for Social Sculpture
Lowndes has created a veritable bible... a fascinating social history. - MOIRA JEFFREY, The Herald Perceptively attuned to the aesthetics idiosyncratic to Glasgow. - NEIL MULHOLLAND, Frieze ... a fascinating study of the music and visual scene in Glasgow. - SUKHDEV SAANDHLI, The New Statesman