John Latham
1921–2006
© John Latham Estate, courtesy Lisson Gallery, London
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© John Latham Estate, courtesy Lisson Gallery, London
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In Tate Britain
Biography
John Aubrey Clarendon Latham, (23 February 1921 – 1 January 2006) was a Northern Rhodesian-born British conceptual artist.
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John Latham Full Stop
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John Latham Derelict Land Art: Five Sisters
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John Latham Five Sisters Bing
1976 -
John Latham Film Star
1960 -
John Latham God is Great (no. 2)
1991 -
John Latham Observer IV
1960 -
John Latham Time-Base Roller
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John Latham Belief System
1959
Features
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Tate Etc
Experimental fields of light and shadow: Light projections in The Tanks
For many centuries artists have been fascinated by the magical, visceral power of projected light as action, as a performative …
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Tate Etc
Beginning of the end, or end of the beginning: Tate Britain Commission 2012
Artist and filmmaker Patrick Keiller is best known for his essay films that chart the progress of the fictional character …
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Art Term
Auto-destructive art
Auto-destructive art is a term invented by the artist Gustav Metzger in the early 1960s to describe radical artworks made …
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Art Term
Artist Placement Group
The Artist Placement Group was founded in 1966 with the aim of placing artists in government, commercial and industrial organisations
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Conceptual Art in Britain: Five reasons to visit
Ahead of Conceptual Art in Britain: 1964-1979 at Tate Britain, we round up the top artists and works featured in … -
Tate Papers
Waste to Monument: John Latham’s Niddrie Woman: Art & Environment
John Latham’s Artist Placement Group residency at the Scottish Office’s Development Agency in 1975–6 led to a series of proposals …
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Tate Papers
The Legacy of Interaction: Artists at the Imperial War Museum 1981–2007
The idea that artists might reinvigorate and activate collections in new ways no longer seems a radical concept, but this …
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Tate Etc
And the word was made art: John Latham
At an 80th birthday celebration of the work of British artist John Latham, Paul Moorhouse looks into his central books motif.
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