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A History of Artists´ Film and Video in Britain
David Curtis
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Description for A History of Artists´ Film and Video in Britain
Hardback. Presents the history of artists' film and video in Britain. Structured in two parts ('Institutions' and 'Artists and Movements'), this work considers the work of some 300 artists, including Kenneth Macpherson, Basil Wright, Len Lye, Humphrey Jennings, Margaret Tait, Jeff Keen, Carolee Schneemann, Yoko Ono, Malcolm Le Grice, and Peter Gidal. Num Pages: 320 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; AFKV; APF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 246 x 205 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1254.
In recent years the use of film and video by British artists has come to widespread public attention. Jeremy Deller, Douglas Gordon, Steve McQueen and Gillian Wearing all won the Turner Prize (in 2004, 1996, 1999 and 1997 respectively) for work made on video. This fin-de-siecle explosion of activity represents the culmination of a long history of work by less well-known artists and experimental film-makers. Ever since the invention of film in the 1890s, artists have been attracted to the possibilities of working with moving images, whether in pursuit of visual poetry, the exploration of the art form's technical challenges, ... Read more
In recent years the use of film and video by British artists has come to widespread public attention. Jeremy Deller, Douglas Gordon, Steve McQueen and Gillian Wearing all won the Turner Prize (in 2004, 1996, 1999 and 1997 respectively) for work made on video. This fin-de-siecle explosion of activity represents the culmination of a long history of work by less well-known artists and experimental film-makers. Ever since the invention of film in the 1890s, artists have been attracted to the possibilities of working with moving images, whether in pursuit of visual poetry, the exploration of the art form's technical challenges, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
320
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781844570959
SKU
V9781844570959
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About David Curtis
David Curtis is Senior Research Fellow at the AHRB British Artists' Film & Video Study Collection, Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London. From 1977 to 2000 he was responsible for artists' film at the Arts Council of Great Britain. In 2003-4 he curated Tate Britain's largest-ever show of artists' film and video, A Century of Artists' Film in ... Read more
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Winner of the 2008 Kraszna-Krausz Award for the Best Moving Image Book. For more information about this prize, see the website: http://www.kraszna-krausz.org.uk/