{"product_id":"artist-critic-teacher","title":"artist, critic \u0026 teacher","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eArtists\u003c\/strong\u003e: Lindsay Anderson, Brian Groombridge, Christopher Logue, Kenneth Tynan \u0026amp; John Berger \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthors\u003c\/strong\u003e: Paddy Whannel \u0026amp; Alex Jacobs (intro.), plus above \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: The Joint Council for Education through Art \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate\u003c\/strong\u003e: 1958 (?) \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition\u003c\/strong\u003e: The first edition, with printed card covers, illustrated throughout in black and white. The covers show a little tanning to the edges and light handling marks consistent with age, one small liquid splash to the back cover. Internally very good, apparently complete and unmarked. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis interesting slim volume relates to a one-day forum at the NFT of the same title\u003c\/strong\u003e, with the contents being slightly edited (by the speakers) versions of their presentations. The topics covered were:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eArt: Battleground or Playground\u003c\/em\u003e (Lindsay Anderson) \u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eMaking Connections\u003c\/em\u003e (Kenneth Tynan) \u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Myth of the Artist \u003c\/em\u003e(John Berger) \u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eEducation: Agent of Change or Impotent Onlooker \u003c\/em\u003e(Brian Groombridge)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis printed version also includes a poem by Christopher Logue, \u003cem\u003eTo My Fellow Artists\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA scarce item relating to critical thinking on the arts from the late 1950s, this pamphlet features several leading intellectual figures of the day and illustrates the whole with several stills from films and plays of the period, including \u003cem\u003eA Taste of Honey \u003c\/em\u003e(almost certainly from the original 1958 stage production at Joan Littlewood's pioneering Theatre Workshop), Kirk Douglas in the 1956 film \u003cem\u003eLust for Life\u003c\/em\u003e, Anderson's 1955 \u003cem\u003eMomma Don't Allow\u003c\/em\u003e and Alain Tanner's 1957 \u003cem\u003eNice Time\u003c\/em\u003e and the 1956 Roger Mayne photograph \u003cem\u003eTeddy Boy \u0026amp; Girl\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"sophie bradford","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53438833164625,"sku":"7033","price":35.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0909\/6039\/6625\/files\/7033.jpg?v=1775764595","url":"https:\/\/monograph.art\/products\/artist-critic-teacher","provider":"Monograph","version":"1.0","type":"link"}