NOTES: Goldfinger and Pasmore collaborated with the sculptor Helen Phillips on an installation for the 'This is tomorrow' exhibition, held at the Whitechapel Art Gallery, London in 1956. Their Group 7 exhibit intended to demonstrate how architects and artists could work collaboratively. In this letter, Goldfinger discusses insurance for a work of art by Pasmore and describes the construction of Helen Phillips's balsa wood sculpture, which she completed while staying at the Goldfingers' house.
NOTES: Built between 1136 and 1536 and located on the Welsh bank of the River Wye, Tintern was the second Cistercian foundation in Britain and the first in Wales.
NOTES: The Barbican Centre is located in the heart of the Barbican complex and comprises: a concert hall, two theatres, an art gallery, three cinemas, 2 exhibition halls, conference suites, the conservatory, and various restaurants and refreshment facilities. The Guildhall School of Music and the Barbican Library lie adjacent and are accessible from the centre.
NOTES: The Art Net gallery was set up by Peter Cook, the co-founder of Archigram, in late 1973 specifically to mount any kind of exhibition which he considered of artistic interest and which would not get a commercial airing. It was originally located in the Archigram studio at 53 Endell Street, Covent Garden and moved to the Studio International building at 14 West Central Street, Bloomsbury, in May 1974.
NOTES: The Art Net gallery was set up by Peter Cook, the co-founder of Archigram, in late 1973 specifically to mount any kind of exhibition which he considered of artistic interest and which would not get a commercial airing. It was originally located in the Archigram studio at 53 Endell Street, Covent Garden and moved to the Studio International building at 14 West Central Street, Bloomsbury, in May 1974.
NOTES: The Chelsea School of Art became a constituent College of the London Institute in 1986 and was renamed Chelsea College of Art and Design in 1989. The College relocated from these purpose-built premises to an ex- Military Hospital on Millbank in 2005.
NOTES: This art school, known as the Royal College of Art since 1896, occupied premises in the South Kensington Museum where the various departments were scattered over quite a wide area. The college was rehoused over a period of ten years in purpose-built premises in Kensington Gore, the first of which opened in 1962. It gained university status by Royal Charter in 1967.
NOTES: This art school, known as the Royal College of Art since 1896, occupied premises in the South Kensington Museum where the various departments were scattered over quite a wide area. The college was rehoused over a period of ten years in purpose-built premises in Kensington Gore, the first of which opened in 1962. It gained university status by Royal Charter in 1967.
NOTES: This art school, known as the Royal College of Art since 1896, occupied premises in the South Kensington Museum where the various departments were scattered over quite a wide area. The college was rehoused over a period of ten years in purpose-built premises in Kensington Gore, the first of which opened in 1962. It gained university status by Royal Charter in 1967.