Description
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 edition 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.
Author: Harriet Vyner
Publisher: Heni Publishers
Published: 06/15/2017
Pages: 384
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.15lbs
Size: 8.10h x 5.10w x 0.90d
ISBN13: 9780993010392
ISBN10: 0993010393
BISAC Categories:
- Art | History | General
- Biography & Autobiography | Artists, Architects, Photographers
About the Author
Harriet Vyner is the author of Among Ruins, coauthor of Jools Holland's autobiography, Bare Faced Lies and Boogie Woogie Boasts, and cocurator of a recent exhibition on the life and work of Robert Fraser at Pace London.