Lions & unicorns : the Britishness of postwar British sculpture

Author

Overy, Paul

Document type

Article (journal)

Language

English

Source

Art in America. 1991, Num. 9, Vol. 79, 104-111, 153-155, 13 ill. (2 col.)

ISSN

0004-3214

Abstract (en)

Examines why sculpture in particular has come to represent Britishness in the visual culture of the United Kingdom, and investigates how British sculpture has acquired an unprecedented critical esteem and place in the art world since the 1950s. Notes that contemporary British sculpture continues to be energetically promoted by the state and by private sources, and that it continues to hold a prominent position in the international art world. Discusses several generations of British sculptors in the context of Britain's changed political and economic position since World War II. Suggests that the promotion of British sculpture can be seen as an attempt to offset the decline of Britain's economic and imperial power by substituting cultural power.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1945-present -- Sculpture -- United Kingdom
• Sculpture
• Great Britain
• 1900-2000
• State
• Reception
• Art criticism
• National identity
• Politics
• Economics

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1945-présent -- Sculpture -- Royaume-Uni
• Sculpture
• Grande-Bretagne
• 1900-2000
• Etat
• Réception
• Critique d'art
• Identité nationale
• Politique
• Economie

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19921001-00432972

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