As Found: The Discovery of the Ordinary: British Architecture and Art of the 1950s, New Brutalism, Independent Group, Free Cinema, Angry Young Men

by Claude Lichtenstein (Editor), Thomas Schregenberger

British art and architecture of the 1950s are little known but extraordinarily topical today. Of particular relevance are the activities of the Independent Group, a loosely structured organization whose members included artists Richard Hamilton, Eduardo Paolozzi, and Magda Cordell, photographer Nigel Henderson, critics Reyner Banham and Lawrence Alloway, and architects Alison and Peter Smithson, James Stirling, and Colin St. John Wilson, who sought the essence of the everyday through a sensitivity to the hardships and charm of life in the raw. "As Found" encounters the transdisciplinary relationship between the constructed environment as it is visually perceived and verbally expressed.
Edited by Claude Lichtenstein & Thomas Schregenberger. Artists Magda Cordell, Richard Hamilton, Nigel Henderson and Eduardo Paolozzi. Architects Alison & Peter Smithson, James Stirling and Colin St. John Wilson. 6.5 x 9.5 in.
3000 illustrations

Genres: Architecture

320 pages, Hardcover

First published November 26, 2001

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[Susannah · Rating 3 out of 5]

Thesis research rears its ugly yet informative head!