Adrian Henri – Total Artist
A 1968 poster for an exhibition at London’s Institute of Contemporary Art insists on Adrian Henri’s dual work of art, as a painter and a poet (Fig.1). Henri (1932-2000) came to prominence as a writer in the 1967 groundbreaking Penguin anthology The Mersey Sound, alongside Roger McGough and Brian Pa...
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Interfaces
2020
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| Accès en ligne: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Résumé: | A 1968 poster for an exhibition at London’s Institute of Contemporary Art insists on Adrian Henri’s dual work of art, as a painter and a poet (Fig.1). Henri (1932-2000) came to prominence as a writer in the 1967 groundbreaking Penguin anthology The Mersey Sound, alongside Roger McGough and Brian Patten. In his poems, he juxtaposed everyday or pop images with highbrow cultural references, creating a web of references that made his work both complex and accessible. Henri had trained as a paint... |
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