John Latham
1921–2006
© John Latham Estate, courtesy Lisson Gallery, London
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In Tate Britain
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John Aubrey Clarendon Latham, (23 February 1921 – 1 January 2006) was a North-Rhodesian-born British conceptual artist.
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John Latham Full Stop
1961
John Latham Derelict Land Art: Five Sisters
1976
John Latham Five Sisters Bing
1976
John Latham Film Star
1960
John Latham One-Second Drawing (17” 2002) (Time Signature 5:1)
1972
John Latham Belief System
1959
John Latham God is Great (no. 2)
1991
John Latham Man Caught Up with a Yellow Object
1954
Film and audio
John Latham in Focus
John Latham: Extracts from an Extended Conversation in Flat Time HO 210 Bellenden Road
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Auto-destructive art
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Artist Placement Group
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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 ...
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 ...
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Beginning of the end, or end of the beginning: Tate Britain Commission 2012
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Poem of the Month - A Charred Life by George Szirtes on John Latham's The Observer IV
Each month, Tate Etc. publishes new poetry by leading poets who respond to works from the Tate collection. Poet George ...
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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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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