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Art students (called Brian) observed

I speak of Brian Eno far too much. Thankfully AFC is linking today to a post by imomus deconstructing a piece of the book, Art Students Observed by Charles Madge and Barbara Weinberger (Faber and Faber, 1973).

ASO is a sociological study of art students at two British art schools at a very interesting moment, the late 1960s. A period of time I am more and more interested in. The book, according to Imomus, shows the tutors and students circling each other with wariness, coolness, misunderstanding, despair, appreciation. Then we meet a student named Brian. Imomus then makes his case that this is indeed Mr. Eno.

The post is a great detective story, I think you might enjoy it.

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