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Vyner, Harriet

 
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Synopsis

Robert Fraser, better known to some as "Groovy Bob", was immortalized in Richard Hamilton's 1967 picture "Swinging London", handcuffed to Mick Jagger. This biography details the riotous life of the man that Paul McCartney said "personifies the Sixties as I remember them".

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Acclaimed on first publication, Harriet Vyner's 'Groovy Bob' is the cult biography of hedonistic gallery owner Robert Fraser and a dazzling evocation of 1960s culture and counter-culture.Taste-maker, heroin addict and promiscuous homosexual, Fraser astonished London with the artists he introduced: Andy Warhol, Peter Blake, Claes Oldenburg, Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat. Told through the voices of those who knew him best-Paul McCartney, Richard Hamilton, Mick Jagger, Bridget Riley, Keith Richards, Kenneth Anger, Malcolm McLaren and Vyner herself-'Groovy Bob' is a brilliant biography and a searing portrait of the most exhilarating period in post-war British social history. This republication features a new afterword by the author and colour plates including works from the major exhibition A 'Strong Sweet Smell of Incense: A Portrait of Robert Fraser', curated by Vyner and Brian Clarke at Pace London, 2015.

Biographie de l'auteur

Harriet Vyner lives between London and Yorkshire. She is the author of 'Among Ruins', the co-author of Jools Holland's autobiography 'Bare Faced Lies and Boogie Woogie Boasts', and the co-curator of the exhibition 'A Strong Sweet Smell of Incense: A Portrait of Robert Fraser' at Pace London, 2015.

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