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Hierdie publikasie gee ’n volledige beeld van die kunstenaar Frans
David Oerder (1867–1944) se oeuvre – sy Anglo-Boereoorlogtekeninge,
landskappe, genrestukke, portrette, blomstudies en stillewes,
interieurs, dierestudies en grafiese werk. Geen moeite is ontsien
om hierdie boek so volledig en betroubaar moontlik te maak nie.
Argivale bronne in die Kunsargief van die Universiteit van
Pretoria, die Argief van die Johannesburg Kunsmuseum en die
Nasionale Argief van Suid-Afrika in Pretoria het grootliks bygedra
tot die toevoeging van inligting oor hierdie kunstenaar wat nie
voorheen bekend was nie. Dieplakboek van Gerda Oerder en ’n lang
lesing met detailinligting oor Oerder se vroee lewe deur mev.
Lorimer in die Kunsargief van die Universiteit van Pretoria het
bygedra tot ’n nuwe vertolking van die lewe en werk van hierdie
belangrike Suid-Afrikaanse kunstenaar. Tydens die Anglo-Boereoorlog
was Oerder die enigste amptelike kunstenaar aan Boerekant, maar tot
dusver is nog geen volledige geskiedenis van sy deelname aan die
oorlog geskryf nie. In hierdie boek word Oerder se
Anglo-Boereoorlogtekeninge nou vir die eerste keer so volledig
moontlik afgedruk en beskryf.
This beautiful, fully illustrated book presents a compendium of
artworks throughout history which have been inspired by myth,
fantasy and the unreal. Artists have explored imaginary worlds and
fantastical creatures for centuries, expressing the unreal and
impossible, the mystical and mythical, via the medium of paint. But
what draws them to the imaginary, the uncharted and the unknown? Is
it merely an escape from reality? Or are they seeking a greater
understanding of the human experience, or perhaps the very meaning
of life itself? With myriad styles and methods of expression, what
links artists through the ages? And how have these visual flights
of fancy and imagination changed over the course of time? The Art
of Fantasy is a visual sourcebook of all that is fantastical –
from fine art to illustration, and from surrealists and symbolists
to the creatives working in undefined territories. While the
artists in our history books (Blake, Goya, Dali, Magritte, Ernst)
first brought fantasy art to the galleries, it was the twentieth
century artists who brought it to the masses. It is in this book
that, for the first time, they are united and equally weighted,
presenting a mesmerising and thoughtful curation of the best
fantasy artwork out there. This is an inspiring collection for fans
of myth, magic, fantasy and art history.
Cedric Morris (1889-1982) was an accomplished painter of flowers
and landscapes, and a plantsman whose irises are an enduring
legacy. This is a timely study of a man whose stock has risen
appreciably in recent years, with two London exhibitions, a stand
at the Chelsea Flower Show and a surge in prices for his paintings.
With his lifelong partner, Arthur Lett-Haines, Cedric Morris set up
the East Anglian School of Painting and Drawing in Suffolk, where
students included the young Lucian Freud and Maggi Hambling.
Drawing on archive material and extensively illustrated with the
work of Morris as well as artists who became part of his circle,
this book explores Morris's family roots in South Wales, follows
his travels in Europe and beyond in the 1920s, and evokes the
singular camaraderie of the East Anglian School.
The first monograph and only substantial publication on the work of
Patrick George (born 1923), this book will reveal to a largely
unsuspecting public the lyrical paintings of a rare and original
talent. George is better known as a teacher; he taught for forty
years at the Slade School of Fine Art, University College, London
before eventually becoming Director there. He has only shown his
work infrequently, yet perceptive commentators have identified him
as a School of London painter, to be viewed in the same context as
Lucian Freud (a friendly rival), Frank Auerbach (a strong supporter
of George's work), and Euan Uglow (George's close friend and
colleague). For too long dismissed as a follower of Coldstream,
Patrick George is in fact very much his own man, a Northern
European landscape and figure painter, working in the tradition of
Gainsborough and Constable. In this book, his unique contribution
to the development of contemporary landscape painting is for the
first time examined and evaluated.
"Art+ NYC" is anart-lover s guide to New York City that combines a
crash course in 20th- and 21st-centuryarthistory with in-depth bios
of nine celebrated New York City artists: Jackson Pollock, Andy
Warhol, Cindy Sherman, Yoko Ono, Mark Rothko, Jeff Koons, Donald
Judd, Roy Lichtenstein, and Robert Rauschenberg. Each segment is
written by a leading art writer from publications such as "Art in
America," "Flaunt," and the "New York Times." Filled with useful
information for both locals and tourists, "Art + NYC" includes
comprehensive neighborhood-by-neighborhood gallery and museum
listings, along with studios and other artsy places of interest. In
addition, sidebars include the hotels and restaurants that are
steeped with history artist hangouts, residences, and events of
infamy. Also included is an extensive index of paintings,
sculptures, and public art by New York City artists; detailed maps
for 13 neighborhoods; a Q&A with a curator, gallerist, or
artist for each NYC neighborhood; and a museum, gallery, and studio
directory."
This monograph brings together the work of artist David Medalla.
Born in Manila, in the Philippines in 1942, and based since 1960
mainly in London, Medalla has distinguished himself internationally
as an innovator of the avant-garde. His work has embraced a
multitude of enquiries and enthusiasms, forms and formats, to
express a singular yet deeply coherent vision of the world.
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Picasso and Paper
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Ann Dumas, Emmanuelle Hincelin, Christopher Lloyd, Emilia Philippot, Bill Robinson, …
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Pablo Picasso's artistic output is astonishing in its ambition and
variety. This handsome publication examines a particular aspect of
his legendary capacity for invention: his imaginative and original
use of paper. He used it as a support for autonomous works,
including etchings, prints and drawings, as well as for his
papier-colle experiments of the 1910s and his revolutionary
three-dimensional 'constructions', made of cardboard, paper and
string. Sometimes, his use of paper was simply determined by
circumstance: in occupied Paris, where art supplies were hard to
come by, he ripped up paper tablecloths to make works of art. And,
of course, his works on paper comprise the preparatory stages of
some of his very greatest paintings, among them Les Demoiselles
d'Avignon (1907) and Guernica (1937). With reproductions of more
than 300 works of art and additional texts by Violette Andres,
Stephen Coppel, Emmanuelle Hincelin, Christopher Lloyd, Johan
Popelard and Claustre Rafart Planas, this sumptuous study reveals
the myriad ways in which Picasso's genius seized the potential of
paper at different stages throughout his career.
In light of the recent rise of right-wing populism in numerous
political contexts and in the face of resurgent nationalism,
racism, misogyny, homophobia, and demagoguery, this book
investigates how historical and contemporary cultural producers
have sought to resist, confront, confound, mock, or call out
situations of political oppression in Germany, a country which has
seen a dramatic range of political extremes during the past
century. While the current turn to nationalist populism is global,
it is perhaps most disturbing in Germany, given its history with
its stormy first democracy in the interwar Weimar Republic; its
infamous National Socialist (Nazi) period of the 1930s and 1940s;
and its split Cold-War existence, with Marxist-Leninist
Totalitarianism in the German Democratic Republic and the Federal
Republic of Germany's barely-hidden ties to the Nazi past. Equally
important, Germans have long considered art and culture critical to
constructions of national identity, which meant that they were
frequently implicated in political action. This book therefore
examines a range of work by artists from the early twentieth
century to the present, work created in an array of contexts and
media that demonstrates a wide range of possible resistance.
Life of Newlyn/St Ives artist famed for his paintings of animals
and birds.
The captivating biography of one of the most important designers of
the twentieth century - adapted for Sky Cinema starring Phoebe
Dynevor, Matthew Goode and David Morrissey Clarice Cliff was one of
the most prominent ceramic designers of the twentieth century. Born
in 1899 in the Staffordshire Potteries, she started work as just
another factory girl, but by 1928 had launched her own range of
pottery, 'Bizarre'. A 'gargantuan feast of colour', it blazed a
trail through the homes of inter-war Britain. But if Clarice
Cliff's rise from apprentice gilder to art director was remarkable
- and all the more so for her being a woman - it was not without
its tensions; for years she conducted a secret relationship with
her married boss. Fusing art, design and industry and vividly
conveying the texture of women's lives between the wars, this is a
compelling study of the complex, talented woman whose work is for
many the epitome of art deco.
Jean-Michel Basquiat's raw and colourful graffiti style artwork is
reproduced here for our museum quality notecard collection. Our new
Mini FlipTop Notecard box notecards are full colour and large
enough to convey personal greetings, thank-yous and invitations. 16
notecards, 8 each of 2 images 16 envelopes Magnetic closure Sturdy,
reuseable box, ideal for keepsakes Box measures 95 x 95 x 31 mm
How to Read Modern Buildings is an indispensable pocket-sized guide
to understanding the architecture of the modern era. It takes the
reader on a guided tour of modern architecture through its most
iconic and significant buildings, showing how to read the hallmarks
of each architectural style and how to recognise them in the
buildings all around. From Art Deco and Arts and Crafts, through
the International Style and Modernism to today's environmental
architecture and the rise and fall of the icon, all the major
architectural movements from the 1900s to the present day are
traced through their classic buildings. Examining the key
architectural elements and hidden details of each style, we learn
what to look out for and where to look for it. Packed with detailed
drawings, plans, and photographs, this is both a fascinating
architectural history and an effective I-spy guide, it is a
must-read for anyone with an interest in modern design and
architecture.
Christopher Neve's classic book is a journey into the imagination
through the English landscape. How is it that artists, by thinking
in paint, have come to regard the landscape as representing states
of mind? 'Painting', says Neve, 'is a process of finding out, and
landscape can be its thesis.' What he is writing is not precisely
art history: it is about pictures, about landscape and about
thought. Over the years, he was able to have discussions with many
of the thirty or so artists he focuses on, the inspiration for the
book having come from his talks with Ben Nicholson; and he has
immersed himself in their work, their countryside, their ideas.
Because he is a painter himself, and an expert on 20th-century art,
Neve is well equipped for such a journey. Few writers have conveyed
more vividly the mixture of motives, emotions, unconscious forces
and contradictions which culminate in the creative act of painting.
Each of the thirteen chapters has a theme and explores its
significance for one or more of the artists. The problem of time,
for instance, is considered in relation to Paul Nash, God in
relation to David Jones, music to Ivon Hitchens, hysteria to Edward
Burra, abstraction to Ben Nicholson, 'the spirit in the mass' to
David Bomberg. There are also chapters about painters' ideas on
specific types of country: about Eric Ravilious and the chalk
landscape, Joan Eardley and the sea, and Cedric Morris and the
garden.
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Sun-Shine, Moonshine
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Art. Art Criticism. This monograph traces Sonia Boyce's trajectory
from early graphic work to her recent mixed-media pieces which draw
on elements of British popular culture and cinema to address
society's positioning of individuals in terms of race, class and
gender. Unquestionably serious and with an unquestionable sense of
humor, Boyce's work, ranging from photography to painting and
installations, is here widely represented, and well-complemented by
three intelligent essays by Gilane Tawadros, a biography of the
artist, and, alongside the essays, excellently chosen excerpts from
Boyce's working diaries. Tawadros' essays address cultural, racial,
gender and visual/art historical issues raised over the trajectory
of Boyce's artistic development, using such theorists as Homi
Bhabha, Frantz Fanon, Italo Calvino, and Stuart Hall to
contextualize the artist's magnificent and provocative work.
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illustrated, new book presents, an illustrated description of all
the watch movements manufactured by the Omega Watch Co. since the
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