John McHale (born Maryhill, Glasgow 1922, died Houston,Texas 1978) was an artist, a founder member of the Institute of Contemporary Arts, and a founder of the Independent Group, which was a British movement that originated Pop Art which grew out of a fascination with American mass culture and post-WWII technologies. ^[1] Maryhill is a residential district in the northwest of the City of Glasgow. ... Glaswegian redirects here. ... Year 1922 (MCMXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar). ... Nickname: Bayou City Location in the state of Texas Coordinates: Counties Harris County Fort Bend County Montgomery County Mayor Bill White Area    - City 1,558 km²  (601. ... External view of the entrance to the ICA from the Mall. ... The Independent Group met at the Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) London from 1952-55. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

Pop Art

McHale originally developed the concept of Pop Art and coined the term "Pop Art" in 1954.^{[citation needed]} Consequently, the critic Reyner Banham called John McHale the "scholar-artist, this 'Father of Pop'".^[2] His works included graphics, exhibition design, television, film and general consultancy to organisations in the US and Europe. He exhibited widely in Europe from 1950, including the Festival of Britain. McHale was awarded a scholarship to study with Joseph Albers at the Design Department of Yale University in August 1955, and returned to London in June 1956. He participated in the 1956 exhibition This is Tomorrow at the Whitechapel Art Gallery. Reyner Banham (1922-1988) was a prolific Anglo-American architectural critic and writer best known for his 1960 theoretical treatise Theory and Design in the First Machine Age, and his 1971 book Los Angeles: The Architecture of Four Ecologies in which he categorized the Angelean experience into four ecological models... The Festival of Britain was a national exhibition which opened in May 1951 in London. ... Josef Albers (1888 - 1976), was a German artist and educator whose work, both in Europe and in the United States, formed the basis of some of the most influential and far-reaching art education programs of the 20th century. ... “Yale” redirects here. ... This is Tomorrow was an seminal art exhibition in August 1956 at the Whitechapel Art Gallery. ... The Whitechapel Gallery, founded 1901, was one of the first publicly-funded galleries for temporary exhibitions in London. ...

Work

Born in Scotland, McHale was educated in the United Kingdom, with a PhD in Sociology.^[3] McHale published extensively in Europe and the US on the impact of technology and culture, mass communications and the future. His numerous articles include "Gropius and the Bauhaus" in Art (1955), "Joseph Albers" and "Buckminster Fuller" in Architectural Review (1956), "The Expendable Ikon #1, #2" in Architectural Design (1959), "The Plastic Parthenon" in Macatre (1966) and "2000+" in Architectural Design (1967). His books include The Future of the Future published by Braziller in 1968, The Ecological Context, also by Braziller, in 1970, World Facts and Trends published by Collier-MacMillan in 1972, and The Changing Information Environment published by Westview Press in 1972. McHale was a member of the SIU Design Faculty and an Associate with Buckminster Fuller in the World Resources Inventory and in the World Design Science Decade Centre at Southern Illinois University Carbondale where he co-authored a number of the reports. Richard Buckminster “Bucky” Fuller (July 12, 1895 – July 1, 1983)[1] was an American visionary, designer, architect, poet, author, and inventor. ... Southern Illinois University is located in Carbondale in the U.S. state of Illinois. ...

Honours

McHale was a Fellow (and Secretary-General) of the World Academy of Sciences, The Royal Society of Arts (England), the New York Academy of Science, and the American Geographical Society. He was awarded the Medaille d' Honneur en Vermeil, Society d' Encouragement au Progres in 1966 and the Knight Commanander's Cross of the Order of St. Denis in 1974. McHale was a member of the American Sociological Association, Institute of Ecology, Society for the Advancement of General Systems Theory, a member of the Colorado Archaeological Society, a member of the World Futures Studies Federation, and a founding member of the Futures Advisory Board.^[4] The World Future Studies Federation, (WFSF) is a global network of practicing futurists, researchers, teachers, scholars, policy analysts, activists and others. ...

References

1. ^ Warholstars.org
2. ^ The Expendable Ikon:Works by John McHale, Albright Knox catalogue May 12-July 8, 1984. (p43)
3. ^ Futures Directory, compiled by John McHale,and Magda Cordell McHale, published by Westview Press, 1977. (394).
4. ^ Futures Directory (p394)