Stockwell Depot
1967-79
Ridinghouse (Publisher)
Published on 1. July 2015
Book
Paperback/Softback
176 pages
978-1-909932-05-0 (ISBN)
Description
Founded in 1967, Stockwell Depot heralded the emergence of the London artists' studio movement and gained international recognition as a centre for abstraction in Britain.
For over 25 years, this disused former brewery in south London functioned as a cooperative studio and exhibition space. Artists associated with the Depot - Roland Brener, Jennifer Durrant, David Evison, Katherine Gili, Peter Hide and Roelof Louw, among many others - held differing and often competing attitudes towards art. The ambitious work made and shown at the Depot tells the story of late modernism in Britain, tracing a period full of formal experimentation and critical debate.
Incorporating interviews with 10 artists alongside a major essay by Sam Cornish, this volume is the first to examine the artists' activities within a historical context and to track their development through the Depot's pivotal annual exhibitions.
Published to coincide with the exhibition Stockwell Depot, 1967-79 at University of Greenwich Galleries, London, 24 July-12 September 2015.
For over 25 years, this disused former brewery in south London functioned as a cooperative studio and exhibition space. Artists associated with the Depot - Roland Brener, Jennifer Durrant, David Evison, Katherine Gili, Peter Hide and Roelof Louw, among many others - held differing and often competing attitudes towards art. The ambitious work made and shown at the Depot tells the story of late modernism in Britain, tracing a period full of formal experimentation and critical debate.
Incorporating interviews with 10 artists alongside a major essay by Sam Cornish, this volume is the first to examine the artists' activities within a historical context and to track their development through the Depot's pivotal annual exhibitions.
Published to coincide with the exhibition Stockwell Depot, 1967-79 at University of Greenwich Galleries, London, 24 July-12 September 2015.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
140 Illustrations, color
Dimensions
Height: 269 mm
Width: 244 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
1066 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-909932-05-0 (9781909932050)
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Sam Cornish is a writer and curator. His publications include Bram Bogart (2011), John Panting: Sculpture (2012), Robert Motherwell: Works on Paper (2013) and 'Frank Bowling: Sculpture' (Ridinghouse, 2022). He co-curated the Arts Council touring exhibition Kaleidoscope: Colour and Sequence in 1960s British Art (2017-18). Along with Wiz Patterson-Kelly he is editor of the catalogue raisonne of John Hoyland's paintings on canvas.
David Waterworth is a curator and Senior Lecturer in Media at the University of Greenwich in London, where he is also Curator of the University Galleries. From 2003-07 he was a Lecturer in Visual Art at Goldsmiths, University of London.
Jon Wood is an art historian and curator specialising in modern and contemporary sculpture, and a trustee of the Gabo Trust for Sculpture Conservation. He worked for 20 years at the Henry Moore Institute, running its research programme and organising exhibitions.
David Waterworth is a curator and Senior Lecturer in Media at the University of Greenwich in London, where he is also Curator of the University Galleries. From 2003-07 he was a Lecturer in Visual Art at Goldsmiths, University of London.
Jon Wood is an art historian and curator specialising in modern and contemporary sculpture, and a trustee of the Gabo Trust for Sculpture Conservation. He worked for 20 years at the Henry Moore Institute, running its research programme and organising exhibitions.