Useful links:
University of Nottingham
Institute for Research
in Visual Culture
Tate Britain Conferences
The Herbert Read Library
at the University of Leeds
University of Victoria Library
Herbert Read Collection
The Herbert Read
Discussion Group
Basic Biography of Read
Herbert Read Books
Available
University of Nottingham
Institute for Research
in Visual Culture
Tate Britain Conferences
The Herbert Read Library
at the University of Leeds
University of Victoria Library
Herbert Read Collection
The Herbert Read
Discussion Group
Basic Biography of Read
Herbert Read Books
Available
The Herbert Read Library
at the University of Leeds
University of Victoria Library
Herbert Read Collection
The Herbert Read
Discussion Group
Basic Biography of Read
Herbert Read Books
Available
Herbert Read Collection
The Herbert Read
Discussion Group
Basic Biography of Read
Herbert Read Books
Available
Herbert Read Books
Available
The Herbert Read Conference 2004
The Herbert Read Conference, Tate Britain, London, 25 and 26 June 2004
Jointly organised by the University of Nottingham Institute for Research in Visual Culture and Tate Britain
Title: The Herbert Read Conference 2004
Dates: 25 and 26 June 2004
Location: Tate Britain, London, England
During the Twentieth Century Herbert Read was one of Britain's most remarkable cultural theorists. A tireless promoter of the avant-garde in art and literature, he was in many ways more in tune with the cultural critics of mainland Europe than those of his native England. This was reflected in his early admiration for Expressionist and Surrealist art, his advocacy of Idealist and Existentialist philosophy, and most of all in his pioneering use of psychoanalysis as a critical tool.
With his political views too, Read was always a radical and controversial figure. As an anarchist he succeeded in offending the sensibilities of both the political left and right, and according to some critics this is directly responsible for the misrepresentation and neglect of his work by academic critics and historians over the past thirty years.
On 25 and 26 June 2004, in association with the University of Nottingham Institute for Research in Visual Culture, Tate Britain staged a two day critical conference on Herbert Read's work. With international speakers from many countries, including Australia, Britain, Canada, Taiwan and the United States, the conference explored Read's relationship to other modernist thinkers, and to ideas that have developed since his death in 1968.
It is hoped a book of the conference papers will be published in September 2005.
Although the conference has now been held, if you have any enquiries relating to the academic content of the conference and its speakers please direct these to the Conference Organiser, Michael Paraskos, at the University of Nottingham:
Michael Paraskos
The Herbert Read Conference
Department of Art History
University of Nottingham
Nottingham
NG7 2RD
England
E'mail: mparaskos@mac.com
We gratefully acknowledge the support of the British Academy and the Henry Moore Foundation in the financing of this conference.
We are also grateful for the advice offered by the Herbert Read Trust which has greatly assisted in the organisation of this event.
This information last updated: 28 June 2004
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With his political views too, Read was always a radical and controversial figure. As an anarchist he succeeded in offending the sensibilities of both the political left and right, and according to some critics this is directly responsible for the misrepresentation and neglect of his work by academic critics and historians over the past thirty years.
On 25 and 26 June 2004, in association with the University of Nottingham Institute for Research in Visual Culture, Tate Britain staged a two day critical conference on Herbert Read's work. With international speakers from many countries, including Australia, Britain, Canada, Taiwan and the United States, the conference explored Read's relationship to other modernist thinkers, and to ideas that have developed since his death in 1968.
It is hoped a book of the conference papers will be published in September 2005.
Although the conference has now been held, if you have any enquiries relating to the academic content of the conference and its speakers please direct these to the Conference Organiser, Michael Paraskos, at the University of Nottingham:
Michael Paraskos
The Herbert Read Conference
Department of Art History
University of Nottingham
Nottingham
NG7 2RD
England
E'mail: mparaskos@mac.com
We gratefully acknowledge the support of the British Academy and the Henry Moore Foundation in the financing of this conference.
We are also grateful for the advice offered by the Herbert Read Trust which has greatly assisted in the organisation of this event.
This information last updated: 28 June 2004
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