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Making Emmanuel Cooper: Life and Work from his Memoirs, Letters, Diaries and Interviews

Editat de David Horbury
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 2 ian 2020
Potter, writer, teacher, editor, curator and gay rights activist, Emmanuel Cooper was a unique figure in the cultural landscape of England for nearly a half-century. With his death in 2012, he left behind an extraordinary body of work and an archive that illuminated his own life and career and that of the many other makers, artists, and activists who surrounded him.

Edited by Cooper’s long-term partner, David Horbury, and drawing from the posthumous archive, this book uses his unpublished memoirs, diaries, and correspondence to tell the story of an intelligent, if unconfident, working-class boy from a small mining village whose life was transformed, first by the magic of clay, and later by the liberation politics of the late 1960s.

The book covers Emmanuel’s career as a potter, his work at the Royal College of Art, and his editorship of the internationally acclaimed Ceramic Review magazine, as well as his thoughts on a range of issues from the art versus craft debate to his passion for folk art. Making Emmanuel Cooper also charts his involvement in the gay liberation movement, including his part in the creation of the hugely influential Gay Left collective and his work as a journalist. His trailblazing books on aspects of queer art and culture—including The Sexual Perspective, published in 1986 to wide critical acclaim—broke new ground at the intersection of sexuality and the visual arts. Richly illustrated, Making Emmanuel Cooper is both a personal and social history that celebrates the life and times of an important artist and a remarkable man.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781912690411
ISBN-10: 1912690411
Pagini: 384
Ilustrații: 150 color plates
Dimensiuni: 159 x 235 x 28 mm
Greutate: 1.12 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: Unicorn Publishing Group
Colecția Unicorn Publishing Group

Notă biografică

David Horbury worked as a producer and scriptwriter for the BBC and other media companies. He met Emmanuel Cooper in 1982, and they lived together until Emmanuel’s death in 2012. They celebrated their civil partnership in 2006.

Recenzii

"The memoir [Cooper] wrote against the clock, lovingly edited and footnoted by his partner. . . . The delight of Making Emmanuel Cooper is that it braids together a life that was fiercely individual and also emblematic of a time and a place. It is full of surprises, reminding us, for example, that ceramics was one of the key counter-culture activities of the 1960s and had real moral and political heft. . . . [It] chron­icles an important slice of social history, taking in Cooper’s creative responses to ceramic history and practice, to the committed left, to class struggles, and to queer art and politics."

"Emmanuel Cooper was a force of nature. . . . He left a body of work, both in pottery and on paper, that bears witness to his extraordinary verve and drive. Today, his vessels are hotly sought after at auction. Now, a selection of his previously unpublished writings has been amassed and edited by his partner, David Horbury, for publication in this new book. Cooper’s distinct voice is clear throughout, with subjects ranging from queer culture to the pots of Bernard Leach and the debate of art versus craft."

"More than a record of craftsmanship, Emmanuel Cooper's biography examines class and sexuality . . . . The book reveals a man of incredible talent and intelligence."

"When not making his own rather marvelous pots, Emmanuel Cooper spent more than four decades commentating on the ceramic scene and telling the stories of other artists, while rarely talking about his own life and work. These engaging memoirs and writings offer a long-awaited corrective, reminding us of Cooper's central position in the history of studio ceramics, and his remarkable ability to respond with sympathy and insight across its complex and sometimes factional terrain."

"The memoir is a rich account of his entire life . . . it highlights Cooper's tireless contribution to ceramics, writing, culture, gay history, and the role of craft in modernity. The text is illustrated with a remarkable archive of documentary photographs."