Strategy: Get Arts. Edinburgh International Festival August 23 To September 12 1970
Catalogue designed by John Martin of Forth Studios Ltd., for the ground-breaking exhibition, Strategy: Get Arts, organised by avant-garde Scottish gallerist Richard Demarco at Edinburgh College of Art from 24 August to 12 September, 1970. This exhibition brought many key figures of the Düsseldorf school to the United Kingdom for the first time. Most notable among them was Joseph Beuys, whom Richard Demarco had met in January 1970.
Peter Diamand, Director of the Edinburgh International Festival, wrote in his opening statement: ‘I am pleased that the 1970 Edinburgh Festival has been able to include, as part of its official programme, a major exhibition of Contemporary German art, the first to be shown in Britain since 1938.’
Artists include Alvermann, Becher, Beuys, Böhlmer, Brecht, Brünning, Christiansen, Döhl, Filliou, Gerstner, Grauber, Heerich, Iannone, Kagel, Klapheck, Knoebel, Kohlhöfer, Kriwet, Luther, Mack, Mommartz, Morgan, Palermo, Polke, Reusch, Richter, Rinke, Rot, Ruthenbeck, Spoerri, Thomkins, Uecker, Walter, Weseler, Wewerka.
Title: Strategy: Get Arts. Edinburgh International Festival August 23 To September 12 1970
Author: Richard Demarco
Publisher: Forth Studios, Edinburgh
Publication date: 1970
Format: stapled large format softcover (43 x 30 cm)
Pages: 40
Condition: Very good
Stock Number: RB03580
Catalogue designed by John Martin of Forth Studios Ltd., for the ground-breaking exhibition, Strategy: Get Arts, organised by avant-garde Scottish gallerist Richard Demarco at Edinburgh College of Art from 24 August to 12 September, 1970. This exhibition brought many key figures of the Düsseldorf school to the United Kingdom for the first time. Most notable among them was Joseph Beuys, whom Richard Demarco had met in January 1970.
Peter Diamand, Director of the Edinburgh International Festival, wrote in his opening statement: ‘I am pleased that the 1970 Edinburgh Festival has been able to include, as part of its official programme, a major exhibition of Contemporary German art, the first to be shown in Britain since 1938.’
Artists include Alvermann, Becher, Beuys, Böhlmer, Brecht, Brünning, Christiansen, Döhl, Filliou, Gerstner, Grauber, Heerich, Iannone, Kagel, Klapheck, Knoebel, Kohlhöfer, Kriwet, Luther, Mack, Mommartz, Morgan, Palermo, Polke, Reusch, Richter, Rinke, Rot, Ruthenbeck, Spoerri, Thomkins, Uecker, Walter, Weseler, Wewerka.
Title: Strategy: Get Arts. Edinburgh International Festival August 23 To September 12 1970
Author: Richard Demarco
Publisher: Forth Studios, Edinburgh
Publication date: 1970
Format: stapled large format softcover (43 x 30 cm)
Pages: 40
Condition: Very good
Stock Number: RB03580
Catalogue designed by John Martin of Forth Studios Ltd., for the ground-breaking exhibition, Strategy: Get Arts, organised by avant-garde Scottish gallerist Richard Demarco at Edinburgh College of Art from 24 August to 12 September, 1970. This exhibition brought many key figures of the Düsseldorf school to the United Kingdom for the first time. Most notable among them was Joseph Beuys, whom Richard Demarco had met in January 1970.
Peter Diamand, Director of the Edinburgh International Festival, wrote in his opening statement: ‘I am pleased that the 1970 Edinburgh Festival has been able to include, as part of its official programme, a major exhibition of Contemporary German art, the first to be shown in Britain since 1938.’
Artists include Alvermann, Becher, Beuys, Böhlmer, Brecht, Brünning, Christiansen, Döhl, Filliou, Gerstner, Grauber, Heerich, Iannone, Kagel, Klapheck, Knoebel, Kohlhöfer, Kriwet, Luther, Mack, Mommartz, Morgan, Palermo, Polke, Reusch, Richter, Rinke, Rot, Ruthenbeck, Spoerri, Thomkins, Uecker, Walter, Weseler, Wewerka.
Title: Strategy: Get Arts. Edinburgh International Festival August 23 To September 12 1970
Author: Richard Demarco
Publisher: Forth Studios, Edinburgh
Publication date: 1970
Format: stapled large format softcover (43 x 30 cm)
Pages: 40
Condition: Very good
Stock Number: RB03580
