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Pound's Artists: Ezra Pound and the Visual Arts in London, Paris and Italy was an exhibition held in 1985 to mark the centenary of Ezra Pound's birth.

Ezra Pound American poet and critic

Ezra Weston Loomis Pound was an expatriate American poet and critic, and a major figure in the early modernist poetry movement. His contribution to poetry began with his development of Imagism, a movement derived from classical Chinese and Japanese poetry, stressing clarity, precision and economy of language. His works include Ripostes (1912), Hugh Selwyn Mauberley (1920) and the unfinished 120-section epic, The Cantos (1917–1969).

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History

The exhibition was originally conceived by Clive Wilmer, [1] and was shown at Kettle's Yard from 14 June to 4 August 1985 to coincide with the 1985 Cambridge Poetry Festival, and at the Tate Gallery from 11 September to 10 November 1985.

Clive Wilmer is a British poet, who has published eight volumes of poetry. He is also a critic, literary journalist, broadcaster and lecturer.

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The Cambridge Poetry Festival, founded by Richard Berengarten, was an international biennale for poetry held in Cambridge, England, between 1975–1985.

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Andrew Colin Nairne OBE, is Director of Kettle's Yard, the University of Cambridge’s modern and contemporary art gallery.

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A volume of essays by Richard Humphreys, John Alexander and Peter Robinson, and edited by Richard Humphreys, was published by the Tate Gallery to accompany the exhibition. [2]

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To accompany the exhibition, on 19 October 1985, the Tate Gallery held an Ezra Pound Symposium to examine the connections between Ezra Pound and the visual arts. The speakers were Ian Bell, Judy Collins, Paul Edwards, Patricia Hutchins, Lionel Kelly, Anthony Ozturk, Alan Robinson, Mike Weaver, Clive Wilmer and Harriet Zinnes.

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References

  1. ↑ Donald Davie, 'Ezra Pound and the perfect lady', London Review of Books, Vol. 7 No. 16 · 19 September 1985 http://www.lrb.co.uk/v07/n16/donald-davie/pound-and-the-perfect-lady
  2. ↑ Richard Humphreys (editor), Pound's Artists: Ezra Pound and the Visual Arts in London, Paris and Italy, London (Tate Gallery), June 1985, ISBN   0-946590-29-X
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