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Groovy Bob Harriet Vyner

Groovy Bob By Harriet Vyner

Groovy Bob by Harriet Vyner


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Acclaimed on first publication, '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, including Warhol, Blake, Haring, Oldenburg and Basquiat.

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Groovy Bob: The Life and Times of Robert Fraser by Harriet Vyner

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.

Groovy Bob Reviews

A fascinating slice of social history. --Lucretia Stewart, Los Angeles Times Book Review More than any other figure I can think of, Robert Fraser personifies the Sixties as I remember them. --Paul McCartney

About Harriet Vyner

Harriet Vyner lives between London and Yorkshire. She is the author of 'Among Ruins', the co-author of Jools Holland's autobiography 'Bare Faced Lies and Boogie Woogie Boasts', and the co-curator of the exhibition 'A Strong Sweet Smell of Incense: A Portrait of Robert Fraser' at Pace London, 2015.

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GOR010660344
9780993010392
0993010393
Groovy Bob: The Life and Times of Robert Fraser by Harriet Vyner
Used - Well Read
Paperback
Heni Publishing
20160509
384
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