'Just what was it that made yesterday's homes so different | richard hamilton just what is it that makes todays
ThisimageisamongthemostfamousinBritishpost-warart.Ithascometodefinetheriseofconsumersocietyinthemidtolate1950sandisaniconofPopart,althoughtheoriginalcollagecreatedin1956,onwhichthisprintisbased,pre-datesthatphenomenonbyseveralyears.In1956RichardHamiltontookpartintheThisisTomorrowexhibitionattheWhitechapelArtGallery.Forthisgroupshowteamsofartistsandarchitectswereinvitedtocreatediscretezonesthataccordedwiththeirvisionofthefuture.HamiltonworkedwithartistJohnMcHale(1922-78)andarchitectJohnVoelck...
This image is among the most famous in British post-war art. It has come to define the rise of consumer society in the mid to late 1950s and is an icon of Pop art, although the original collage created in 1956, on which this print is based, pre-dates that phenomenon by several years.
In 1956 Richard Hamilton took part in the This is Tomorrow exhibition at the Whitechapel Art Gallery. For this group show teams of artists and architects were invited to create discrete zones that accorded with their vision of the future. Hamilton worked with artist John McHale (1922-78) and architect John Voelcker on the second zone, presenting a sort of funfair vision of the future where sensual perception was stimulated and confused and images culled from a range of sources formed an iconography for the modern world.
As part of his contribution to the exhibition catalogue Hamilton made a collage called Just what is it that makes today’s home’s so different, so appealing? (Kunsthalle Tü...