Various photographs and collages by Nigel Henderson (1917–1985) from the Tate galleries online
Various photographs and collages by Nigel Henderson (1917–1985) from the Tate galleries online collection.“Henderson is best known as a member of the radical Independent Group of the 1950s, a gathering of artists and others committed to the discussion and dissemination of new ideas on art practice. The Independent Group was involved in two principal areas: the use and analysis of the ephemera of popular culture, inflected primarily by America (which can be connected to the emergence of Pop Art), and the discussion of the Brutalist aesthetic, which was more oriented towards European models and the influence of Surrealism.”Henderson was a close friend of Eduardo Paolozzi, and as mentioned previously, was part of Group 6 in the exhibition ‘This is Tomorrow’. His street photography deals with the raw textures and realities of post-war urban life. He was fascinated by distressed surfaces, graffiti, signage, surreal juxtapositions and the interesting and mysterious fragments of the city.If there is any traction to the idea of a 'Brutalist aesthetic’ Henderson certainly captures it through his images and experiments.All images © Tate. My other 'This is Tomorrow’ posts can be found here: http://theoinglis.tumblr.com/tagged/this%20is%20tomorrow -- source link
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