Suzanne
Treister
2012
THE
REAL TRUTH A WORLD'S FAIR
A
project at Raven Row, London, from July 28th - August 19th 2012 over 4
weekends
Military/Intelligence
Recruitment Library
view of side wallPeter Foldes
Portrait of Professor Anthony Blunt reading, 1947
Reproduction of oil on canvas, 61 x 50.8cm
Courtesy The Courtauld Gallery Collection, LondonPeter Foldes (b.1924 Budapest d.1977 Paris) was a pioneer in computer animation. Foldes moved to England in 1946 and studied at the Slade School of Art. His films include Animated Genesis (1952), A Short Vision (1956), Plus Vite (1965), Visages des femmes (1968), Metadata (1971), Je. Tu. Elles./I. You. They. (1972), RŽve (1977) and Envisage (1977). A Short Vision, his collaboration with Joan Foldes, made during the height of the Cold War and nuclear paranoia of the 1950s, represents a graphic depiction of a nuclear holocaust and was screened on U.S. TV as part of the Ed Sullivan Show.
Blunt, Anthony [Frederick], Sir (annulled 1979) (b. 1907 Bournemouth d. 1983 London) Historian of French and Italian art; Warburg Institute professor; director of the Courtauld Institute; Soviet spy.
