Ken Turner

Crashing Culture Ken Turner

An artist's notebook covering six decades of professional work in painting and performance art. From the late 50s to 2016 philosophy and theories of perception are discussed in relation to the practical action of the work. Education and pedagogy are important issues, particularly with regard to alternatives of methodology and purpose of ideas. Also the communitarian aspect of how artists connect with the community outside the art world and the professionals within that world. The book has over 100 images and and 280 pages relating events and philosophical commentaries during a development toward a new approach to education, play and the arts. Most importantly, Ken was the main initiator of Action Space. An autonomous art group investigating art in the community from 1968 to 1978. throughout the UK and abroad. In 2016 a film by Huw Wahl deals with the effect of the 60s on our present day culture, starting from 1968 with Action Space and including a performance of "Folds of Time" at Chelsea Art School in October 2015. Ken Turner taught at the Central School of Art for 20 years and St, Martins with a brief 3 years at the Architectural Association as a unit leader in visual education.