Independent Group (London)

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Independent Group (London) was a pioneering mid-20th-century British art and discussion collective often regarded as a precursor to the Pop Art movement.

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Independent Group (London) canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf artist collective ⓘ
cultural movement ⓘ
discussion group ⓘ
activeIn mid-20th century ⓘ
activity group discussions ⓘ
lectures ⓘ
seminars ⓘ
associatedWith Institute of Contemporary Arts ⓘ
basedAt Institute of Contemporary Arts ⓘ
conceptualFocus impact of technology on visual culture ⓘ
relationship between art and mass culture ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
describedAs pioneering British art and discussion collective ⓘ
precursor to Pop Art ⓘ
exhibitedAt Whitechapel Art Gallery ⓘ
linked to: Whitechapel Gallery
field architecture ⓘ
art ⓘ
cultural theory ⓘ
design ⓘ
focus American popular culture ⓘ
advertising imagery ⓘ
consumerism ⓘ
mass media ⓘ
popular culture ⓘ
technology ⓘ
genre avant-garde art ⓘ
hasMember Alison Smithson ⓘ
Eduardo Paolozzi ⓘ
John McHale ⓘ
Lawrence Alloway ⓘ
Nigel Henderson ⓘ
Peter Smithson ⓘ
Reyner Banham ⓘ
Richard Hamilton ⓘ
historicalSignificance bridge between modernism and Pop Art ⓘ
early theorization of Pop Art ideas ⓘ
influenced American Pop Art ⓘ
linked to: Pop art

British Pop Art ⓘ
linked to: Pop art

Pop Art ⓘ
linked to: Pop art
language English ⓘ
location London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
movement Pop Art ⓘ
linked to: Pop art
notableWork This Is Tomorrow ⓘ
region London art scene ⓘ
timePeriod 1950s ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

I was a Rich Man's Plaything → associatedWith → Independent Group (London) ⓘ
Eduardo Paolozzi → memberOf → Independent Group ⓘ
linked to: Independent Group (London)
This Is Tomorrow (1956 exhibition) → associatedWithMovement → Independent Group ⓘ
linked to: Independent Group (London)