Tag: Brutalism

  • Postwar Modern: New Art in Britain 1945-1965

    The Barbican’s craggy, pockmarked concrete walls provide the perfect setting for this rediscovery of art produced in the aftermath of war and trauma

  • Paul Carter: ‘There’s an invitation that only takes you so far’

    Entering the gallery, visitors enter a new world – a liminal space, with an empty lift, piss-stained walls, and a municipal blue hotel sign on a cracked concrete wall. The artist explains his interest in civic architecture as social sculpture…

  • Robin Hood, Robin Hood

    One of the important architectural icons of the 1970s is, by popular consent, now due to be demolished in London’s Tower Hamlets. Conceived as providing housing for lower income groups, it was launched by the architectural husband and wife partnership…