Exhibition, Design, Participation : 'an Exhibit' 1957 and Related Projects

Beschrijving

Tent. Newcastle upon Tyne, Hatton Gallery, 03-06-1957, 18-06-1957 ; Londen, ICA Gallery, 13-08-1957, 24-08-1957. - Receptiegeschiedenis en reconstructie van de 'an Exhibit' tentoonstelling, een samenwerkingsverband tussen de kunstenaars Richard Hamilton en Victor Pasmore en de criticus Lawrence Alloway. - The radical project an Exhibit emerged from a decade of testing the formats and possibilities of exhibition making, resulting in a show with the motto "No objects, no ideas." The show was simultaneously an investigation into abstract environmental forms and a participatory experiment that would fundamentally transform the role of the viewer.In this volume, comprehensive documentation of the original exhibition is presented alongside coverage of other key projects from the era and contextualized