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- 1960s-1998 (Creation)
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8 boxes
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Born, London, 1943; worked at Ealing School of Art, 1962-1963; taught at Chelsea School of Art, 1960s; editor and publisher of Control Magazine, 1965-2002; Director, The Centre for Behavioural Art, London, 1972-1973; D.A.A.D. Fellowship, West Berlin, 1979-1980; Convenor of the Symposium, 'Art Creating Society', Museum of Modern Art, Oxford, 1990; solo and group exhibitions, 1964-2000, in the UK and Europe. Publications include: Art and social function. three projects (Latimer New Dimensions, London, 1976).
Archival history
GB 0000 Willats 1960s-1998 Collection (fonds) 8 boxes Willats , Stephen , b 1943 , conceptual artist
Born, London, 1943; worked at Ealing School of Art, 1962-1963; taught at Chelsea School of Art, 1960s; editor and publisher of Control Magazine, 1965-2002; Director, The Centre for Behavioural Art, London, 1972-1973; D.A.A.D. Fellowship, West Berlin, 1979-1980; Convenor of the Symposium, 'Art Creating Society', Museum of Modern Art, Oxford, 1990; solo and group exhibitions, 1964-2000, in the UK and Europe. Publications include: Art and social function. three projects (Latimer New Dimensions, London, 1976).
Donated by Stephen Willats.
Papers of Stephen Willats, 1960s-1998, comprising documentation relating mainly to his West London Social Resource Project in the Greenford, Hanwell and Osterley area, [1972], including questionnaires, re-modeling books and manuals for Greenford, Hanwell and Osterley, black and white photographs of the areas, audio tape of statement and interviews with project operators, examples of returns from re-modeling books and manuals, participants' sheets, public decision sheets, map of project area, exhibition display mounts; papers relating to his Edinburgh Social Model Construction Project, 1973, including project operators' manuals, problem sheets for project areas, participant project file; advertising posters, photographs; exhibition catalogues, 1968-1998, for exhibitions of Willats' work in the UK, Europe and Toronto.
The material is filed chronologically. The photographs and exhibition display material are unsorted.
By written application to the Site Librarian, Manresa Road, London, SW3 6LS. Researchers from the London Institute may visit by appointment.
Photocopying is permitted, although copying of fragile material is at the discretion of the librarian.
English
A list is available at Chelsea College of Art & Design Manresa Road Library. Some material is uncatalogued.
Control magazine and publications by Stephen Willats are held in Chelsea College of Art and Design's main collection.
Notebooks, drawings, files and other material relating to his work 'Metafilter', 1973-1975 (reference: TGA 999), held by the Tate Gallery Archive.
Sources: Victoria Miro Gallery website: http://www.victoria-miro.com. Compiled by Julie Tancell as part of the RSLP AIM25 project. Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal Place and Corporate Names 1997. July 2002 Artists Art styles Contemporary art England Europe Exhibitions Fine arts Greenford Hanwell London Middlesex Osterley Photographs UK Visual materials Western Europe Willats , Stephen , b 1943 , conceptual artist Ealing
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Donated by Stephen Willats.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Papers of Stephen Willats, 1960s-1998, comprising documentation relating mainly to his West London Social Resource Project in the Greenford, Hanwell and Osterley area, [1972], including questionnaires, re-modeling books and manuals for Greenford, Hanwell and Osterley, black and white photographs of the areas, audio tape of statement and interviews with project operators, examples of returns from re-modeling books and manuals, participants' sheets, public decision sheets, map of project area, exhibition display mounts; papers relating to his Edinburgh Social Model Construction Project, 1973, including project operators' manuals, problem sheets for project areas, participant project file; advertising posters, photographs; exhibition catalogues, 1968-1998, for exhibitions of Willats' work in the UK, Europe and Toronto.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
The material is filed chronologically. The photographs and exhibition display material are unsorted.
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
By written application to the Site Librarian, Manresa Road, London, SW3 6LS. Researchers from the London Institute may visit by appointment.
Conditions governing reproduction
Photocopying is permitted, although copying of fragile material is at the discretion of the librarian.
Language of material
- English
Script of material
- Latin
Language and script notes
English
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Control magazine and publications by Stephen Willats are held in Chelsea College of Art and Design's main collection.
Finding aids
A list is available at Chelsea College of Art & Design Manresa Road Library. Some material is uncatalogued.
Allied materials area
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Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Notebooks, drawings, files and other material relating to his work 'Metafilter', 1973-1975 (reference: TGA 999), held by the Tate Gallery Archive.
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Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal Place and Corporate Names 1997.
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- English