British Abstract Art of the 1960s at Mamco, Geneva
The exhibition 'Stroll on! Aspects de l'art britannique des années 1960 (1959 – 1966)' was held at the Musée d'Art Moderne et Contemporain (Mamco) in Geneva from October 25, 2005 to January 15, 2006. Curated by Éric de Chassey, it brought together about fifty works by English artists who pursued abstraction while drawing from the broader semantic context, as described by Lawrence Alloway, who coached them. The show highlighted a lesser-known side of the Pop Art era in Britain, offering a rigorously confrontational selection that surprised and distinguished itself from typical exhibitions of British art.
Key facts
- Exhibition title: Stroll on! Aspects de l'art britannique des années 1960 (1959 – 1966)
- Venue: Musée d'Art Moderne et Contemporain (Mamco), Geneva
- Dates: October 25, 2005 to January 15, 2006
- Curator: Éric de Chassey
- Approximately fifty works were displayed
- Artists shared an abstract approach rooted in a broad cultural context
- Lawrence Alloway is referenced as a coach and source of the phrase 'front élargi de la culture'
- The exhibition aimed to reveal an alternative aspect of British Pop Art
Entities
Artists
- Éric de Chassey
- Lawrence Alloway
Institutions
- Mamco (Musée d'Art Moderne et Contemporain)
- artpress
Locations
- Geneva
- Switzerland
Sources
- artpress —