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Groovy Bob: The Life and Times of Robert Fraser

Harriet Vyner

Acclaimed on first publication, Harriet Vyner's Groovy Bob is the cult biography of hedonistic gallery owner Robert Fraser and a dazzling evocation of 1960s culture and counter-culture. Taste-maker, heroin addict and promiscuous homosexual, Fraser astonished London with the artists he introduced: Andy Warhol, Peter Blake, Claes Oldenburg, Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat. Told through the voices of those who knew him best--Paul McCartney, Richard Hamilton, Mick Jagger, Bridget Riley, Keith Richards, Kenneth Anger, Malcolm McLaren and Vyner herself--Groovy Bob is a brilliant biography and a searing portrait of the most exhilarating period in post-war British social history. This edition features a new afterword by the author and colour plates including works from the major exhibition A Strong Sweet Smell of Incense: A Portrait of Robert Fraser, curated by Vyner and Brian Clarke at Pace London, 2015.

Book Details

  • Publisher: Heni Publishers
  • Publish Date: Jun 15th, 2017
  • Pages: 384
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 8.10in - 5.10in - 0.90in - 1.15lb
  • EAN: 9780993010392
  • Categories: History - GeneralArtists, Architects, Photographers

About the Author

Vyner, Harriet: - Harriet Vyner is the author of Among Ruins, coauthor of Jools Holland's autobiography, Bare Faced Lies and Boogie Woogie Boasts, and cocurator of a recent exhibition on the life and work of Robert Fraser at Pace London.

Praise for this book

"If here was where Robert Fraser was, there was no better place to be."-- "Wall Street Journal"
"A fascinating slice of social history."-- "Los Angeles Times"
"The definitive portrait of the man for whom the stars once aligned."-- "Slate"
"An engrossing biography....Again and again, anecdotes from a seemingly endless party remind the reader just why the 60s are endlessly raked over: ex-army colleagues, poets, footballers, pop stars, actors and artists mingle in Fraser's world, along with drug dealer Spanish Tony and a suggested underworld of rent boys and rough trade. Vyner never loses sight of what made Fraser the centre of attention."-- "Guardian"