JOHN LAFHAM has been stirring it up at the edge of the art meets science world for decades. The book relief (Great Uncle Estate, left) from 1960, for example, represents the heritage of knowledge, the “estate” bequeathed to us by the Greeks and Romans. His fascination with the origin of the Universe and the theories that attempt to explain it have inspired much of his art work. His range encompasses collages, paintings, performances and sculptures. John Walker’s John Latham: The Incidental Person – His Art and Ideas (Middlesex University Press, pp 212, £45) covers Latham’s work from the 1940s to the 1990s, and teases out the theories underlying and influencing the art.
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