Written by the leading authority in the field, this book is the first comprehensive history of artists' film and video in Britain. It brings to light the range and diversity of British artists'
work in these media as well as the artist-run organizations that have supported the art form's development. In so doing it greatly enlarges the scope of any understanding of British cinema and
demonstrates the crucial importance of the moving image to British art history.
David Curtis considers the work of some 300 artists, including Kenneth Macpherson, Basil Wright, Len Lye, Humphrey Jennings, Margaret Tait, Jeff Keen, Carolee Schneemann, Yoko Ono, Malcolm Le
Grice, Peter Gidal, William Raban, Chris Welsby, David Hall, Tamara Krikorian, Sally Potter, Guy Sherwin, Lis Rhodes, Derek Jarman, David Larcher, Steve Dwoskin, James Scott, Peter Wollen and
Laura Mulvey, Peter Greenaway, Patrick Keiller, John Smith, Andrew Stones, Jaki Irvine, Tracy Emin, Dryden Goodwin, and Stephanie Smith and Ed Stewart. Written by the leading authority in the
field, this book is the first comprehensive history of artists' film and video in Britain. It brings to light the range and diversity of British artists' work in these media as well as the
artist-run organizations that have supported the art form's development. In so doing it greatly enlarges the scope of any understanding of British cinema and demonstrates the crucial importance
of the moving image to British art history.
David Curtis considers the work of some 300 artists, including Kenneth Macpherson, Basil Wright, Len Lye, Humphrey Jennings, Margaret Tait, Jeff Keen, Carolee Schneemann, Yoko Ono, Malcolm Le
Grice, Peter Gidal, William Raban, Chris Welsby, David Hall, Tamara Krikorian, Sally Potter, Guy Sherwin, Lis Rhodes, Derek Jarman, David Larcher, Steve Dwoskin, James Scott, Peter Wollen and
Laura Mulvey, Peter Greenaway, Patrick Keiller, John Smith, Andrew Stones, Jaki Irvine, Tracy Emin, Dryden Goodwin, and Stephanie Smith and Ed Stewart.
