Titre et auteur:

Pink Floyd : their mortal remains / [creative director and curator, Aubrey Powell].

Publication:

London : V & A Publishing, 2017.

Description:

319 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 32 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (page 312) and index.
Foreword: Becoming Pink Floyd / Aubrey Powell -- The Band: 'Lift Off': Syd Barrett, Pink Floyd and the London underground / Joe Boyd -- What have we done to England? Pink Floyd and the lure of the pastoral / Rob Young -- A long-term prospect / Jon Savage -- Painters, pipers, prisoners: the musical legacy of Pink Floyd / Howard Goodall -- Great gigs in the sky: Pink Floyd and the architecture of rock / Victoria Broackes and Anna Landreth Strong -- The albums / Mark Blake -- Storm Thorgerson, photo designer / Aubrey Powell.

Résumé:

The first book ever produced with full access the Pink Floyd archive. Published to accompany the V&A's major summer exhibition, Pink Floyd: Their Mortal Remains, celebrates 50 years of one of the greatest bands of all time. Five essays tackle different aspects of their far-reaching legacy in music and the visual arts. Authors including Jon Savage, Howard Goodall and Rob Young examine what makes the band truly special, from the mythology underpinning their output, through to their experimentation with technology to create new sounds. their epic staging and performance impact will also be explored, along with the anti-authoritarianism that infuses their lyrics. The book is heavily illustrated throughout, emphasizing the essential role that visual material played in supporting the music and creating the lasting Pink Floyd phenomenon. Victoria Broackes is Senior Curator and Head of Exhibitions for the Department of Theatre and Performance at the V&A. She has produced a number of successful touring exhibitions, including You Say You Want a Revolution? and David Bowie Is. Anna Landreth Strong is Curator of Modern and Contemporary Performance at the V&A. Exhibition: Victoria and Albert Museum, London, United Kingdom (13.05-01.10.2017).

ISBN:

1851779167 hardback
9781851779161 hardback
1851779329 paperback
9781851779321 paperback

Sujet:

Pink Floyd.
Pink Floyd (Musical group) Exhibitions.
Pink Floyd (Musical group)
Rock musicians England Biography.
Musiciens rock Angleterre Biographies.
Rock musicians
England

Classification/genre:

Biography
Exhibition.
Exhibition publications.
exhibition catalogs.
Biographies
Exhibition catalogs
Catalogues d'exposition.

Vedettes secondaires:

Powell, Aubrey, curator.
Victoria and Albert Museum, host institution.

Exemplaires:

Localisation: Bibliothèque main 295109
Cote: BIB 241110
Statut: Disponible