Criticism, Art and Theory in 1970s Britain

The Critical War

JJ Charlesworth

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Routledge
12 March 2024

The Arts: General & Reference; Theory of art; History of art & design styles: from c 1900 -; Literary theory; Museums & museology

Series: British Art: Histories and Interpretations since 1700

A critical study of the life of art criticism in the 1970s, this volume traces the evolution of art and art criticism in a pivotal period in post-war British history.

JJ Charlesworth explores how art critics and the art press attempted to negotiate new developments in art, faced with the challenges of conceptualism, alternative media, new social movements and radical innovations in philosophy and theory. This is the first comprehensive study of the art press and art criticism in Britain during this pivotal period, seen through the lens of its art press, charting the arguments and ideas that would come to shape contemporary art as we know it today.

This book will be of interest to scholars working in art history, British cultural history and history of journalism.

By: JJ Charlesworth
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 246mm, Width: 174mm,
Weight: 470g
ISBN: 9781138480803
ISBN 10: 1138480800
Series: British Art: Histories and Interpretations since 1700
Pages: 154
Publication Date: 12 March 2024
Audience: College/higher education , Primary , A / AS level
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

1. Towards the New Art: The Artist as Theorist in Studio International, 1967–1970 2. Art Criticism in the Alternative Press, 1971–1973 3. Looking for the Subject: Peter Fuller and the New Critics, 1970–1976 4. Young Conservatives: From ONE to Artscribe, 1973–1976 5. The First ‘Crisis of Criticism’, 1976–1979

JJ Charlesworth is an art critic, writer, lecturer and editor at ArtReview magazine.

Reviews for Criticism, Art and Theory in 1970s Britain: The Critical War

"""JJ Charlesworth has tackled a generation of polemics and personalities through the prism of art criticism in the 1970s. Artists, museums, galleries, writers, collectors and publics: this ""critical war"" concerns us all."" - Sarah Wilson, Courtauld Institute of Art"