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Glimpses of Before Gallery – 1970s Performance Art in the UK

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Date
28 Jun 2016

Glimpses of Before is an online Study Room Guide on 1970's Performance Art in the UK, which was compiled and edited by Helena Goldwater. Below is a gallery of selected images from the online archive which includes over 150 exclusive photographs from over 40 artists. You can explore the guide in full by clicking on any of the images and links below.

 

Alastair MacLennan, Target, August (1977), the distance between home and work, Belfast col. © The Alastair MacLennan Archive: Locus+.

 

Bernsteins, (Anne Bean, Peter Davey, Malcolm Jones, Jonathan Harvey, Chris Miller, Brian Routh and Martin von Haselberg) courtesy of the artists.

 

Monica Ross, ArtsLab. Photo: Bernard G Mills

 

Hannah O’Shea, A Litany for Women Artists, (1977). Performed at Tate Britain, The Hayward Gallery, Acme Gallery, The Charlottenberg Palace, Berlin, MOMA, Frankfurt; The Gemeenta Museum, The Hague; Franklin Furnace, NY.  Copyright: Hannah O’ Shea.

 

Richard Layzell, NNYN (No no yah no), (1970), Regents Park, London. Photo by Mavis Taylor.

Banner image credit:

Catherine Elwes, Menstruation 1, (1979), Slade School of Art, London. Photo by John Muellbauer, Jean Matthee, Mandy Havers or Iain Robertson. Copyright Catherine Elwes

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