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This volume presents a collection of autobiographical interviews conducted with the art historian, curator, critic and professor Charles Harrison in the years before his death in August 2009.

The publication developed from transcripts of interviews conducted by researchers, students and journalists seeking information about Harrison''s experience of significant art historical events, institutions and artists.

Accompanying the interviews are Harrison''s own photography, which document his experiences in the art world from the exhibitions that he visited to the studios of artists and critics that he championed throughout his life. Drawn together, this volume highlights the crucial art developments that Harrison both observed and shaped in postwar Britain.

Looking Back: Charles Harrison

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      Publisher Ridinghouse
      Published 18 January 2010
      ISBN-13 9781905464296
      978-1905464296
      ISBN-10 1905464290

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      This volume presents a collection of autobiographical interviews conducted with the art historian, curator, critic and professor Charles Harrison in the years before his death in August 2009.

      The publication developed from transcripts of interviews conducted by researchers, students and journalists seeking information about Harrison''s experience of significant art historical events, institutions and artists.

      Accompanying the interviews are Harrison''s own photography, which document his experiences in the art world from the exhibitions that he visited to the studios of artists and critics that he championed throughout his life. Drawn together, this volume highlights the crucial art developments that Harrison both observed and shaped in postwar Britain.

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