| Admin/Biog History | Petherbridge contributed to the publication: Townsend, P. (ed.) (1984) Art within reach : artists and craftworkers, architects and patrons in the making of public art. London: Art Monthly in collaboration with the Arts Council of Great Britain and the Crafts Council.
The book is a commissioned survey of contemporary art in public places in Britain, and is a guide to who commissioned what and why.
The book was published by Art Monthly in collaboration with the Arts Council of Great Britain and the Crafts Council. Petherbridge authored four chapters, and was a member of the editorial board, alongside Peter Townsend, Peter Dormer and Alister Warman.
In Petherbridge's oral history (C466/152, Deanna Petherbridge, Artists Lives, British Library), she states that there are a lot of errors in this publication, including who the author of each article is, it is unknown which chapters/authors these are. |
| Description | This file includes material relating to Petherbridge's involvement with the planning, research, editing, and writing of the publication 'Art Within reach'. It includes approaches to artists, craftspeople, and patrons asking for details of commissions for the publication's gazetter of works completed within the last ten years. It also includes information concerning images used in the publication.
Of particular note:
-undated draft letter to Alistair Warman, Arts Council, with book proposal attached
-letter from Stephen Lobb, dated 7 Sep 1983, concerning murals, public art, and the National Mural Conference, 9 Apr 1983
-statements written by William Pye, sculptor on the following projects: Vauxhall Railway: Station Mural; New Sciences Building: Trent Polytechnic; and San Mateo Sculpture Commission
-letter to the Editor of the Guardian for the letters page, from Petherbridge, Dormer, and Townsend, dated 23 Aug 1984, in response to an article written by Waldermar Januszczak
-letter to the Editors of Artists Newletters, from Petherbridge and Dormer, dated 5 Sep 1984, in response to a piece by Stephen Lobb, Brian Barnes, Carol Kenna, Desmon Rochfort, Dale McCrea, David Harding and Paul Butler, concerning the publication and an exhibition held at the AIR gallery, London
-draft of text titled 'Oranges and Lemons', dated 23 Jun 1983
-drafts of Petherbridge's chapters 'Passionate and Disspassionate Patronage' and 'Exaggerations of a Public Order', undated
-notes from interview with Harvey Hood, 19 Sep 1983, discussing Archfirm at Newport station
-notes from interview with Wendy Taylor, discussing various commissions
-notes from interview with John Dugger, 1 Nov 1983, discussing various commissions and his working process
-notes from interview with Robyn Denny, 8 Oct, discussing commissions for Wills Tobacco Headquarters, Bristol
-notes from interview with Cole Kenna, 2 Nov 1983, discussing the Greenwich mural workshop
-notes on Liliane Lijn's commission for Milton Keynes Corporation, Circle of Light
[For further related material concerning the publication 'Art within reach' see DSP/1/46] |
| Image Caption | Letter from Petherbridge to Rachel Fenner, dated 22 Oct, concerning the inclusion of her work in Art Within Reach |