The myths and realities of the "swinging sixties" provide the backdrop to this unique and beautifully illustrated book. In an age when Britain was subject to rapid change, when new environments and values were influencing culture and society, radical departures in the form and content of British art reflected these changes.
Accompanying a major exhibition at Tate Britain, Art and the 60s differs from previous histories of the period that organised art into discrete stylistic groups or movements. This book is more pluralistic, blurring the boundaries within art and exploring its relationships with other cultural forms, including photography, film, television and architecture. The works are set within the context of such social and cultural phenomena as Americanisation, the sexual revolution, the rise of new popular icons and an emergent counterculture. Embracing the media of photography, film, television and architecture, as well as painting and sculpture, this book forms a broad and comprehensive history of the art world during the 1960s.
With 100 full colour images and featuring works by artists including Peter Blake, David Bailey, Anthony Caro, Robyn Denny, Richard Hamilton, David Hockney, Allen Jones, Philip King, John Latham, Gustav Metzger, Eduardo Paolozzi, Bridget Riley, Colin Self and Joe Tilson, Art and the 60s is both the history of art in the sixties and a portrait of an era.
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