This Is Tomorrow (1956 exhibition at Whitechapel Art Gallery)

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This Is Tomorrow was a groundbreaking 1956 exhibition at London’s Whitechapel Art Gallery that helped define British Pop Art and collaborative, multidisciplinary exhibition-making.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf art exhibition
collaborative art project
group exhibition
approach collaborative
experimental
interdisciplinary
artDiscipline architecture
graphic design
industrial design
installation art
visual art
associatedWithMovement British Pop Art
linked to: British Pop artists

Independent Group
Pop Art
linked to: Pop art
collaborationBetween architects
artists
designers
country United Kingdom
curatedBy Bryan Robertson
decade 1950s
featuredArchitect Alison Smithson
Peter Smithson
featuredArtist Eduardo Paolozzi
Nigel Henderson
Richard Hamilton
featuredParticipant John McHale
Lawrence Alloway
featuredWork Just what is it that makes today’s homes so different, so appealing?
featuredWorkBy Richard Hamilton
historicalSignificance key precursor to 1960s Pop Art
landmark in postwar British art
influenced British exhibition-making practices
installation-based exhibitions
subsequent Pop Art exhibitions
locatedIn London
linked to: London, England
location Whitechapel Art Gallery
linked to: Whitechapel Gallery
mediumsUsed collage
environmental installation
photography
notableFor helping define British Pop Art
innovative exhibition design
integration of art and popular culture
multidisciplinary collaboration
numberOfGroups 12
openingDate 1956
organizedBy Whitechapel Art Gallery
linked to: Whitechapel Gallery
structure organized into collaborative groups
theme mass media and consumer culture
the future of modern living
title This Is Tomorrow

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Richard Hamilton hasPartInExhibition This Is Tomorrow (1956 exhibition at Whitechapel Art Gallery)