Pound's Artists: Ezra Pound and the Visual Arts in London, Paris and Italy was an exhibition held in 1985 to mark the centenary of
Ezra Pound's birth.
History
The exhibition was originally conceived by
Clive Wilmer, and was shown at
Kettle's Yard
Kettle's Yard is an art gallery and house in Cambridge, England. The director of the art gallery is Andrew Nairne. Both the house and gallery reopened in February 2018 after an expansion of the facilities.
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from 14 June to 4 August 1985 to coincide with the 1985
Cambridge Poetry Festival
The Cambridge Poetry Festival, founded by Richard Berengarten (also known as Richard Burns), was an international biennale for poetry held in Cambridge, England, between 1975–1985.
The festival was founded in an attempt to combine as many aspe ...
, and at the
Tate Gallery
Tate is an institution that houses, in a network of four art galleries, the United Kingdom's national collection of British art, and international modern and contemporary art. It is not a government institution, but its main sponsor is the U ...
from 11 September to 10 November 1985.
The exhibition team at the Tate was headed by Richard Humphreys, and at Kettle's Yard by Hilary Gresty and
Andrew Nairne.
Contents
A volume of essays by
Richard Humphreys, John Alexander and
Peter Robinson, and edited by Richard Humphreys, was published by the Tate Gallery to accompany the exhibition.
Tate Gallery Symposium
To accompany the exhibition, on 19 October 1985, the Tate Gallery held an ''Ezra Pound Symposium'' to examine the connections between Ezra Pound and the visual arts. The speakers were Ian Bell, Judy Collins, Paul Edwards, Patricia Hutchins, Lionel Kelly, Anthony Ozturk, Alan Robinson, Mike Weaver, Clive Wilmer and Harriet Zinnes.
References
External links
* Frederick Tomlin, 'Remembering Ezra Pound', ''Arts Review''
Art exhibitions in the United Kingdom
Culture in Cambridge
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