The Art School Dance (Paperback)

John Froy

ISBN 10: 1901677958 / ISBN 13: 9781901677959

Edité par Two Rivers Press, Reading, 2013

Paperback. This second volume of John Froy's memoir, a sequel to his childhood story in 70 Waterloo Road, takes us from Italy to Reading University and Falmouth School of Art with many twists and turns between. The memoir chronicles the life of an art student in the 70s: a time of great experiment and change; the figurative/abstract divide in painting and sculpture; the new photography, film and Happenings. And in the gaps, while extricating himself from the family home, being a volunteer archaeologist in Assisi, an osprey warden in Scotland, a London bedsit and dead-end job, a Wiltshire valley idyll and landscape painting in a caravan through a Cornish winter. 'Things may come and things may go, but the art school dance goes on for ever.' (Pete Brown, 1970) A memoir of the life of an art student in the 1970s. The second volume of John Froy's memoir. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. N° de réf. du vendeur 9781901677959

Synopsis :

This second volume of John Froy's memoir, a sequel to his childhood story in 70 Waterloo Road, takes us from Italy to Reading University and Falmouth School of Art with many twists and turns between. The memoir chronicles the life of an art student in the 70s: a time of great experiment and change; the figurative/abstract divide in painting and sculpture; the new photography, film and Happenings. And in the gaps, while extricating himself from the family home, being a volunteer archaeologist in Assisi, an osprey warden in Scotland, a London bedsit and dead-end job, a Wiltshire valley idyll and landscape painting in a caravan through a Cornish winter. 'Things may come and things may go, but the art school dance goes on for ever.' (Pete Brown, 1970)

À propos de l'auteur: John Froy was born in Yorkshire and grew up in the West Country. He went to art school, travelled widely, and taught English as a Foreign Language, then settled in Reading with his wife and daughter and started a decorating business. He ran Two Rivers Press for a number of years. He has published two collections of poetry Eggshell: A Decorator’s Notes and Sandpaper & Seahorses, and a volume of memoir The Art School Dance, with Two Rivers Press.

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : The Art School Dance (Paperback)
Éditeur : Two Rivers Press, Reading
Date d'édition : 2013
Reliure : Paperback
Etat : new