“ It is our thesis , ” Rumney wrote , “ that cities should incorporate a builtin play factor . We are studying here a play environment relationship .... But how would ' A ' play in London ? ” One answer to that question was that he ...
"The 1960s have become fixed in our collective memory as an era of political upheaval and cultural experiment. Visual artists working in a volatile milieu sought a variety of responses...
" "Generously illustrated, the book encompasses all the major players in the art world of the 1960s and examines how they influenced and inspired one another, while struggling to have an impact on a world preoccupied with social crisis.
Both synthesis and critical study, this book reopens the 1960s to a fresh analysis.
The author examines here artists from Europe and America who worked through the civil rights movement, the Vietnam war, and the general social crises of the 1960s, and explores the relationship between art and politics.