From Floor to Sky

Peter Kardia is widely recognised as a radical and influential teacher at both Saint Martins and the Royal College during the 60s and 70s, and his essay on how we should be approaching art and education will be central to the book. Hester Wesley has researched and written on Peter's influence on art education and his teaching at Saint Martins and the Royal College, placing it into wider context of art education generally. The last essay will be by Malcolm Le Grice (art historian) on the influence of the art teacher and art schools in history on the artist. The introduction is by Roderick Coyne who is an artist and who also taught at Saint Martins for 10 years.

Introduction Preface Essays: * Art and Art teaching by Peter Kardia * The Intellectual Metronome: Peter Kardia at St Martin's by Hester R. Westley * Radical Art and the Academy by Malcolm Le Grice Artists featured: Richard Long Alison Wilding Gillian Deane Brian Catling Boyd Webb Richard Deacon Richard Wentworth Nigel Slight Roderick Coyne John Panting Carolyne Kardia Carl Plackman Ismail Saray Jean Mathee Terry New Martin Ive Hamish Fulton Peter Venn Nina Danino John Hilliard Kate Meynell Keith Brown Bill Woodrow

'Celebrating the influence of Peter Kardia, who taught at Saint Martins and the Royal College of Art during the 60s and 70s, this book explores the work of his students.' Crafts Magazine (May 2010) 'The book offers a fascinating insight into Peter Kardia's career, British sculpture over the past 30 years and important aspects of art education' The Artist (August 2010) 'This book traces the history of an enlightened, socially and politically aware, and intellectually committed teacher who could see beyond the bureaucrats, and beyond those art school staff members who insisted on their complacency.' ETA 7, Intellect Limited (April 2011)