Block Magazine Number 8, 1983, Job Bird, Barry Curtis, VG, rare

Block Magazine Number 8,1983 Constructing Modernism Author: Jon Bird, Barry Curtis, Michael Evans, et. al. Publisher: Middlesex Polytechnic Release Date: 1983 Seller Category: ART PERIODICALS Qty Available: 1 Condition: Used: Very Good Sku: 01845 Notes: Very Good periodical 4to, 8 3/8” x 10 7/8”, staplebound on newsprint with black, white, and red pictorial cover. Some wear to spine, 1/4" tear to head, some minor waffling to bottom edge not affecting content, mild creasing/bruising to tips. Black and white images throughout, 68 pp. Contributors include Roger Cranshaw, Barry Curtis, Dick Hebdige, Martha Fleming, Adrian Rifkin, Terry Smith, and Victor Burgin. From an academic article written by Neil Walton: "Block was created and edited by a small group of lecturers at Middlesex Polytechnic, most of whom were art school educated; it was formed by, and in turn influenced, the milieu of studio-based art education in the UK. Despite the small scale of its operation, the magazine had a wide distribution in art colleges and was avidly read by lecturers looking for ways to incorporate new theoretical, often Marxist, feminist, poststructuralist, perspectives into their teaching." Acquired from the private library of photorealist, Robert Bechtle and art historian, Whitney Chadwick. Scarce in the trade.