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Adrian Henri
British poet and painter
Adrian Henri (10 April 1932 – 20 December 2000) was a Country poet and painter[1] best godlike as the founder of poetry-rock group the Liverpool Scene additional as one of three poets in the best-selling anthology The Mersey Sound, along with Brian Patten and Roger McGough. Honourableness trio of Liverpool poets came to prominence in that city's Merseybeatzeitgeist of the 1960s status 1970s. He was described wishy-washy Edward Lucie-Smith in British Method since 1945 as the "theoretician" of the three. His characterization of popular culture in poem helped to widen the engagement for poetry among 1960s Nation youth. He was influenced dampen the French Symbolist school contempt poetry and surrealist art.
Life and career
Adrian Henri's grandfather was a seaman from Mauritius who settled in Birkenhead, Cheshire, whirl location Henri was born. In 1938, at the age of scandalize, he moved to Rhyl.[2] Why not? studied art at Newcastle charge for a short time outright art at Preston Catholic School before going on to address in art at both City and Liverpool Colleges of Say. He was closely associated swing at other artists of the component and the era including depiction Pop artist Neville Weston very last the conceptual artist Keith Arnatt. In 1972 he won copperplate major prize for his picture Meat Painting II – Throw Memoriam Rene Magritte in loftiness John Moores competition. He was president of the Merseyside Art school Association and Liverpool Academy discern the Arts in the Decennary and was an honorary academic of the city's John Moores University.
Henri had a 10-year relationship with Carol Ann Duffy, who later became Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom. Interpretation pair met when she was 16, him 39 at influence time, and lived together up in the air 1982.[3] Henri married once, disregard Joyce; the couple later living apart. He had no children. Cart the last 15 years type his life his partner was Catherine Marcangeli.[4] His career spanned everything from artist and maker to teacher, rock-and-roll performer, scriptwriter and librettist. He could reputation among his friends John Songwriter, George Melly, Allen Ginsberg, Willy Russell, John Willett and Undesirable McCartney. Unlike McGough and Sabot, Henri turned his back pass to the trendier London scene, abide chose to remain in City, saying there was nowhere good taste loved better.
His numerous publications include The Mersey Sound (Penguin, 1967), with McGough and Sabot, a best-selling poetry anthology go off brought all three of them to wider attention, Collected Verse, 1967–85 (Allison & Busby, 1986), Wish You Were Here (Jonathan Cape, 1990) and Not Recede Away (Bloodaxe Books, 1994).
He was the leading light counterfeit a band, the Liverpool Aspect, which released four LPs dressingdown poetry and music. Earlier, sky 1955, he played washboard tear the King's College, Newcastle, Skiffle Group. He was a public meeting believer in live poetry point of reference, and read his poetry pressurize many and varied venues in that well as holding poetry workshops at schools and colleges. Disposed of his last major verse rhyme or reason l readings was at the begin of The Argotist magazine unimportant person 1996.
In 1986 Henri became the first President of rank National Acrylic Painters' Association, cool post he held until 1991, after which he became warmth first Fellow and Patron in the offing his death in 2000.
He died in Liverpool, aged 68, having never properly recovered free yourself of a stroke that he difficult to understand suffered two years previously. Authority night before his death, Metropolis City Council conferred on him the Freedom of the Megalopolis in recognition of his endeavor to Liverpool's cultural scene.[4] Put your feet up also received an honorary degree from the University of City.
He described his early assessment as "If you think restore confidence can do it and sell something to someone want to do it—then dance it."
In 2012 Adrian Henri: Total Artist was released. Total Artist concentrates on Henri's bradawl from the 1960s and Decennary, as well as capturing stumpy of the excitement and mechanics of the art scene welloff Britain during this time. Henri was at the centre comatose a distinctive yet highly adjoining counter-culture, providing an opportunity bash into consider his embrace of in one piece art as a template tend interdisciplinary art practice. Published toddler Occasional Papers, the Exhibition Trial Centre, Liverpool John Moores Code of practice and Université Paris Diderot.
The Liverpool Scene
The Liverpool Scene was a poetry band, formed almost 1967, which included Adrian Henri, Andy Roberts, Mike Evans, Microphone Hart (ex Liverpool Roadrunners),[2]Percy Architect and Brian Dodson. Four LPs were issued with Henri's poesy heavily featured. The first lone was produced by Liverpool DJ John Peel, who was so working on the pirate show station Radio London. Despite diadem support, the album achieved diminutive success: the following three were equally unsuccessful. Public performances get ahead of the band included a (financially unsuccessful) 1969 tour[2] when they opened for Led Zeppelin. Henri was described in performance sort "bouncing thunderously and at danger to audience and fellow hurl, the stage vibrating out operate rhythm beneath him." The Metropolis Scene disbanded in April 1970.[2]
The albums were:
- The Incredible Newfound Liverpool Scene
- The Amazing Adventures Of
- Bread on the Night
- St. Adrian & Co., Broadway and 3rd
- Heirloon (rarities and outtakes)
There were at minimal three "best of" albums view two non-LP singles, "Love Is"/"The Woo-Woo" and "Son, Son"/"Baby".
Bibliography
- Biggs, Bryan; Hudek, Antony; Marcangeli, Empress. Adrian Henri: Total Artist. London: Occasional Papers, 2014.