A remarkable and exhaustive study examining the intertwined histories of pop music and the visual arts, and exploring the exhilarating exchange between art schools and the pop stars that they nurtured (or, occasionally, expelled) How Art Made Pop encompasses the worldwide history of art school rock, and brings the story up to date by surveying recent trends and the practices contemporary of artist-musicians The individuals that populate How Art Made Pop may still have become successful musicians if they hadn't studied art, but the kind of musicians that they became, and the kind of music that they became interested in that was predominantly informed and modified by art school attendance. Where once these musicians would have considered themselves entertainers, they now became artists. And hence what they practiced - i.e. popular music - became an art form, not least because they said it was.

About the Author
Mike Roberts (aka Mike Flowers of `90s Easy Listening revival act, the Mike Flowers Pops) studied at Chelsea School of Art before becoming a musician. He is now an author and documentary producer.


Book Information
ISBN 9781849761321
Author Mike Roberts
Format Paperback
Page Count 224
Imprint Tate Publishing
Publisher Tate Publishing