‘Artist Placement Group’ – Offer For Sale.1971 .This is a seminal APG manifesto and the most important summary to date of their aims and activities. TGA 20042/4/1/7. APG . Printed material – Published + unpublished material. …‘Some artists had long considered the commercial gallery as incompatible with art. Although many galleries had extended their scope Read more
Joseph Beuys and People Power. Joseph Beuys contributed some seminal writings about the power of art and social change which have much in common with APG ideals. He came into contact with thenm through their Symposia activities in Germany and Holland. “Artist Power is not People Power. But it is and must be seen to Read more
Last night, I went to the final Public Event on the APG Show at Raven Row, on the Archive, which is of course amazingly relevant to what I am doing. The Politics of the Archive. Thursday 6 December, 6.30pm.(From Raven Row Press Release)… “Archives can Read more
“…That the natural qualities of artists, such as the ability to find new solutions to problems, generate self-sufficent systems, indicate new ways of seeing, are urgently needed now. That these qualities are as important as similar qualities coming from the scientific disciplines and could well be applied to the real world of governments, organisations and Read more
Today before going to the Tate, I visited a number of shows in Islington, north London, an area I’m not familiar with. Getting off the Underground at Angel, I walked along the Regents Canal-an area reminiscent of the North (also reminded me of Oslo, which I visited recently), with converted warehouses and industrial units, as Read more
Before going to the Tate today, I visited the remarkable “Death-a Self-Portrait” at the Wellcome Collection. Check it out here at http://www.wellcomecollection.org/whats-on/exhibitions/death-a-self-portrait.aspx With my interest in Day of the Dead in Mexico, and relics and reliquaries in medieval Europe, this was very exciting – its all from the collection of one man, Richard Harris. I Read more
