22:(1942â2021) was an English art critic, writer and curator. He was noted for a personal vision, particularly of cultural production of an experimental character. He is known for the promotion of
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757:"An Ethics of Displaying Affection: HĂ©lio Oiticica's Expressions of Joy and Togetherness"
110:(active 1964â6). There a group of kinetic artists formed, brought together around Brett,
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London Art Worlds: Mobile, Contingent, and
Ephemeral Networks, 1960â1980
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to write English text and a catalogue for the show. John Higgins of
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It was meeting Camargo in Paris in 1964 that led Brett to write on
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and his wife Helena Christian Pike, a painter. He was educated at
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Applin, Jo; Spencer, Catherine; Tobin, Amy (14 December 2017).
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Boshier, Derek; Herbert, Lynn McLanahan; Mayo, Marti (1995).
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to meet artists, in connection with an official exhibition
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Peasant Paintings from Hu County, Shensi Province, China
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Brasil Experimental: Arte/Vida ProposiçÔes e Paradoxos
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The Art Newspaper - International art news and events
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Through Our Own Eyes: Popular Art and Modern History
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1080:Brett, Guy; Wellen, Michael (29 October 2019).
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277:Kinetic Art: the Language of Movement
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365:Force Fields: Phases of the Kinetic
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510:"Rosa Boshier remembers Guy Brett"
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887:. ANU Press. p. 70 note 27.
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489:Asbury, Michael (30 March 2021).
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415:(1984). Others treated included
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297:(1990). For Brett's exhibition
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1382:Tribute to Guy Brett
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1290:. Americas Society.
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491:"Guy Brett obituary"
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1259:Brett, Guy (1986).
1084:. Harry N. Abrams.
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