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Abstraction and Interpretation

New Generation Sculpture in Britain

Phyllida Barlow, New Generation Sculpture in Britain  Speaker: Phyllida Barlow, artist and Head of Undergraduate Sculpture, Slade School of ArtInvestigating abstraction as a force in British sculpture, Phyllida Barlow focuses on the 1965 New Generation Sculpture Exhibition, held at the Whitechapel Art Gallery. She particularly considers the influence of American art of the 1950s and 1960s on redefining British sculpture.Further ReadingThe New Generation Exhibition catalogue, Whitechapel Art Gallery, 1965Early One Morning Exhibition catalogue, Whitechapel Art Gallery, 2002.