Introduction
The Artist Placement Group (APG)
emerged in London in the 1960s. The organisation actively sought
to reposition the role of the artist within a wider social context,
including government and commerce, while at the same time playing
an important part in the history of conceptual art during the 1960s
and 1970s. The Observer journalist, Peter Beaumont, has
described the APG as ‘one of the most radical social experiments
of the 1960s’.
This website resource provides visitors with background information
on the APG. Included is an introduction to the APG, a chronology
of events related to their activities, a bibliography and an A-Z
list of people involved in the organisation. The content for the
website is based on the records of APG acquired by Tate Archive
in 2004. (TGA 2004 2) | 
