The Art of Brutalism: Rescuing Hope from Catastrophe in 1950s Britain

by Ben Highmore

While most famously associated with numerous mid-century architects, Brutalism was a style of visual art that was also adopted by painters, sculptors, printmakers, and photographers. Taking into account Brutalist work by eminent artists such as Richard Hamilton and Eduardo Paolozzi, as well as lesser-known practitioners like Nigel Henderson and Magda Cordell, this volume focuses on a ten-year period between 1952 and 1962 when artists refused a programmatic...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300222742
• ISBN13: 9780300222746
• Release Date: July 2017
• Publisher: Paul Mellon Centre
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 2.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 7.8" x 10.3"