Memory Holloway

It is no mistake that the first major book on Clifton Pugh since Noel Macainsh’s in 1962 is a biography rather than a critical appraisal. Pugh’s persona has always been of greater interest to the public than his art. He fits the bohemian image of what the public think an artist should look like and do – live in a mud brick house, have a succession of wives and mistresses, and support causes ... (read more)

Turn The Shock of the New over and on the back cover Robert Hughes stands in a mirrored room, looking out at the spectator, infinitely reflected in a light filled glass box that looks like one of Portman’s new hotels. The choice of photograph is a key to Hughes and the pages within, for in the text, Hughes describes this Mirrored Room by Lucas Samaras as: a small space, but big enough to s ... (read more)