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The mirror steamed over : love and pop in London, 1962

By: Publisher: Auckland, New Zealand : Auckland University Press, 2020Copyright date: ©2020Description: 268 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 1869409108
  • 9781869409104
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • N6490
Contents:
Dedication -- Contents -- Prologue: Auckland, New Zealand, October 2016 -- London, England, May 2017 -- Part I: The Connection -- Part II: Flying Tiger -- Interlude: A Self-Portrait -- Part III: Mirror/Mirror -- Epilogue: America, 1964 -- Sources and Further Reading -- Image Credits -- Index -- Acknowledgements -- Back Flip: About the Author.
Summary: "In the early sixties at the Royal College of Art in London, three extraordinary personalities collided to reshape contemporary art and literature. Barrie Bates (who would become Billy Apple in November 1962) was an ambitious young graphic designer from New Zealand, who transformed himself into one of pop art's pioneers. At the same time, his friend and fellow student David Hockney - young, Northern and openly gay - was making his own waves in the London art world. ... And in the middle of it all was the secretary of the Royal College's Painting School - an aspiring young novelist called Ann Quin. ... Taking us back to London's art scene in the late fifties and early sixties ... Anthony Byrt illuminates a key moment in cultural history and tackles big questions"--Cover flap.
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Item type Current library Collection Call number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book Whitecliffe Library NZ & Pacific NZ & Pacific NZ&P N 6490 BYR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 0013705

Includes bibliographical references.

Dedication -- Contents -- Prologue: Auckland, New Zealand, October 2016 -- London, England, May 2017 -- Part I: The Connection -- Part II: Flying Tiger -- Interlude: A Self-Portrait -- Part III: Mirror/Mirror -- Epilogue: America, 1964 -- Sources and Further Reading -- Image Credits -- Index -- Acknowledgements -- Back Flip: About the Author.

"In the early sixties at the Royal College of Art in London, three extraordinary personalities collided to reshape contemporary art and literature. Barrie Bates (who would become Billy Apple in November 1962) was an ambitious young graphic designer from New Zealand, who transformed himself into one of pop art's pioneers. At the same time, his friend and fellow student David Hockney - young, Northern and openly gay - was making his own waves in the London art world. ... And in the middle of it all was the secretary of the Royal College's Painting School - an aspiring young novelist called Ann Quin. ... Taking us back to London's art scene in the late fifties and early sixties ... Anthony Byrt illuminates a key moment in cultural history and tackles big questions"--Cover flap.

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