Groovy Bob

The Life and Times of Robert Fraser

Harriet Vyner author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Heni Publishing

Published:12th May '16

Should be back in stock very soon

Groovy Bob cover

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 republication 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.

"A fascinating slice of social history." --Lucretia Stewart, "Los Angeles Times Book Review" "More than any other figure I can think of, Robert Fraser personifies the Sixties as I remember them." --Paul McCartney

ISBN: 9780993010392

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384 pages