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160 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 25 cm
John Kasmin, known to all simply as Kasmin, was the most important dealer in contemporary art in Britain in the 1960s. At the eponymous Kasmin Gallery on New Bond Street, he worked with the leading British and American artists of the day, notably Barnett Newman, Kenneth Noland, Jules Olitski, Helen Frankenthaler, Frank Stella, Anthony Caro, Richard Smith, Robyn Denny, Gillian Ayres, Howard Hodgkin, and David Hockney. Kasmin gave many of these artists their first show and was an early champion of their art. A true pioneer, he introduced the work of American Abstract Expressionists and minimalists to Britain, and helped bring young British artists to American audiences for the first time. In the process, he transformed the London art world and became as recognizable as his gallery artists. Less well known is that Kasmin is also an accomplished photographer, having started his working life as an assistant to the celebrated portrait photographer Ida Kar. Throughout his life, he has always carried his camera, constantly photographing and being photographed with his bohemian artist and writer friends and family members. This remarkable book is the first time that he has published a collection of his favourite and most intimate photographs. With a focus on the 1960s and 1970s, these images tell a rich story of a fertile period when Kasmin was working with an array of diverse creative figures. Exhibition: Lyndsey Ingram, London, UK (26.06. - 23.08.2024).
texts by Chris Stephens and Judith Goldman.
Published on the occasion of an exhibition at Lyndsey Ingram, London, 2024.