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Groovy Bob: The Life and Times of Robert Fraser


Groovy Bob: The Life and Times of Robert Fraser

Paperback by Vyner, Harriet

Groovy Bob: The Life and Times of Robert Fraser

£10.00

ISBN:
9780993010392
Publication Date:
12 May 2016
Language:
English
Publisher:
HENI Publishing
Pages:
384 pages
Format:
Paperback
For delivery:
Estimated despatch 13 - 14 May 2024
Groovy Bob: The Life and Times of Robert Fraser

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 republication 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.

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