Art: Innovation and Commitment
† In the second of two programmes
ANDREW FORGE talks to
JAMES
BOSWELL WILLIAM COLDSTREAM H. S. EDE NAUM GABO
NICOLETTE GRAY JEAN HELION
BARBARA HEPWORTB LESLIE MARTIN ROBERT MEDLEY HENRY MOORE
ROLAND PENROSE
JOHN and MYFANWT PIPER HERBERT READ BEN SHAHN
The emergence of abstract art seemed to many artists in England to raise in an acute form the problem of communication with the public. Debate around this issue was aggravated by the economic conditions of the time and by the rise of Fascism. Few artists found themselves able happily to isolate themselyes from ordinary life.
The Left-a documentary survey by Constantine FitzGibbon : December 8