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The Singing Bones
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Shaun Tan; Contributions by Neil Gaiman
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Shaun Tan fans get to see his extraordinary talent applied to
sculpture in this award-winning, lavishly presented collection of
art based on fairy tales told by the Brothers Grimm. Artist Shaun
Tan is world renowned for his singular vision and storytelling
abilities. This art book showcases his sculptural talent, applied
here to fairy tales from the Brothers Grimm. Tan captures the
essence of these tales as he brings traitorous brothers, lonely
princesses, cunning foxes, honourable peasants and ruthless witches
to life in surprising - and illuminating - ways. Introduced by
author Neil Gaiman and fairy-tale scholar Jack Zipes, The Singing
Bones is a feast for the eyes, a profound, powerful celebration of
the world's most beloved stories.
In July 1996, Edinburgh College of Art offered a Masterclass with
the Italian-Scottish sculptor, Eduardo Paolozzi. He particularly
wanted to run this course in his home city. Although born in Leith,
the eldest son of Italian immigrants, Paolozzi left Scotland after
studying at Edinburgh College of Art to pursue further studies in
London and to establish an international reputation as a sculptor.
Plans for two previous classes elsewhere had fallen through. The
selection process chose 17 students with widely different
backgrounds. Plunged into ten days of unconventional tutoring, each
found widely differing responses. Paolozzi asked the members of the
class to keep a diary of their time with him. Ann Shaw, a former
journalist with The Glasgow Herald, documented her days and
recorded scenes of chaos and progress. Her unabridged account is
illustrated throughout with some of the photographs she took as the
appointed 'official' class photographer. Paolozzi is seen as human,
vulnerable, gracious and rude, inspiring and shy.
A radical, lively departure from received notions about art of the
Romantic period For many, the term "neoclassicism" has come to
imply discipline, order, restraint, and a certain myopia. Leaving
the term behind, this book radically challenges enduring
assumptions about the art produced from the late 18th century to
the early Victorian period, casting new light on appropriations of
the classical body by British artists. It is the first to
foreground the intersections of gender, race, and class in
discussions of British visual classicism, laying bare artists'
alternately politicizing and emphatically sensual engagements with
Greco-Roman art. Rather than rely exclusively on subsequent
scholarship, the book takes up the poet John Keats (1795-1821) as a
theoretical framework. Eschewing the "Golden Age" narrative, which
sees J. M. W. Turner (1775-1851) as the pinnacle of the period's
artistic achievement, the book examines overlooked artists, such as
Henry Howard (1769-1847) and John Graham Lough (1798-1876). The
result is a fresh account of underappreciated works of British
painting and sculpture.
As pioneers attempted to settle and civilize the "Wild West,"
cemeteries became important cultural centers. Filled with carved
wooden headboards, inscribed local stones, and Italian marble
statues, cemeteries functioned as symbols of stability and progress
toward a European-inspired vision of Manifest Destiny. As
repositories of art and history, these pioneer cemeteries tell the
story of communities and visual culture emerging together within
the developing landscape of the Old West.
Annette Stott traces this story through Rocky Mountain towns on the
western frontier, from the unkempt "boot hills" of the early mining
camps and cattle settlements to the more refined "fair mounts." She
shows how people from Asia, Europe, and the Americas contributed to
the visual character of the mountain cemeteries, and how the
sepulchral garden functioned as an open-air gallery of public
sculpture, at once a site for relaxation, learning, and social
ritual. Here, widespread participation in a variety of ceremonies
brought mountain communities together with a frequency almost
unimaginable today. Illustrated with eighty-three striking
photographs, this book shows how the pioneer cemetery emerged as a
site of public sculpture and cultural transmission in which each
carved or molded monument played dual (and sometimes conflicting)
public and private roles, recording the community's history and
values while memorializing individuals and events.
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Ground/work
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Molly Epstein, Abigail Ross Goodman
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A lush visual document of the Clark Art Institute's first-ever
outdoor exhibition, featuring the work of six significant
contemporary artists working in sculpture today A reverence for
nature and a desire to further enliven the surrounding trails,
pastures, and woods inspired Ground/work-the Clark Art Institute's
first outdoor exhibition-which this book records and situates
within the broader context of contemporary sculpture. The six major
site-responsive commissions created by Kelly Akashi, Nairy
Baghramian, Jennie C. Jones, Eva LeWitt, Analia Saban, and Haegue
Yang are documented throughout the seasons, alongside texts that
reflect upon and illuminate the individual and collective responses
of artists. Process shots and working documents are placed
alongside grand single shots of artworks and their landscape
contexts. Critical texts represent a wide range of significant
voices in the field of contemporary art. Distributed for the Clark
Art Institute Exhibition Schedule: Clark Art Institute,
Williamstown, MA (October 6, 2020-October 17, 2021)
The Sculpture of William Edmondson: Tombstones, Garden Ornaments,
and Stonework is the first large-scale museum examination of the
artist's career in over twenty years. Organized by Cheekwood
Curator of Sculpture, Dr. Marin R. Sullivan, the exhibition draws
upon new scholarship and methodologies to contextualize Edmondson's
sculpture, both within the histories of Nashville during the
Interwar years and the art histories of modern art in the United
States. Edmonson has largely been confined to narratives that focus
on his artistic discovery by white patrons in the 1930s, his work's
formal resonance with so-called primitivism and direct carving
techniques, and his place in the traditions of African American
""outsider"" art. This exhibition revisits Edmonson's work within
these frameworks, but also seeks to reevaluate his sculpture on its
own terms and as part of a comprehensive practice that included the
creation of commercial objects rather than strictly fine art. The
exhibition's title references the sign that hung on the outside of
Edmondson's studio, advertising what was for sale and on view to
the public in his yard, including tombstones, birdbaths, and
statuary meant to be used and intended for outdoor rather than
gallery display. This catalog expands upon the exhibition,
including photos of Edmondson's grave markers and his yard art.
This book is a clear, lively and fun introduction to sculpting in
wire. Very much aimed at beginners, there are 6 projects of
increasing difficulty, aiming to teach the beginner how to sculpt
in wire from the most basic starting point up through to soldering.
The projects start off by learning about wire and using simply
pliers, and then how to incorporate other materials such as tin,
feathers and material. Finally the last project includes the use of
some simple silver soldering. Clear step-by-step images show the
processes involved in every project. Images of fantastic sculptures
in wire by contemporary artists are scattered throughout, showing
everything from hats and shoes, to life-size figures, sheep and
even elephants.
This book teaches new techniques that anyone can use to create
fabulous masks easily and quickly. Make one of the 12 popular mask
styles in the book with detailed instructions and over 300
step-by-step photos - or use these easy new methods to create your
own unique designs. Jonni shows you exactly how to sculpt the
features of your masks so they truly represent the character and
expression you're looking for. Then capture that look permanently
with just two layers of super-strong, fast-setting paper mache,
using the recipes included in the book. Your finished masks can
look like they were made from fur or feathers, antique gold,
ancient bone, rusted iron, glazed porcelain, and even carved and
highly polished African wood. The innovative methods in this book
are easy, the materials cost just pennies per mask, and your new
creations will be even more fun to make than they are to wear. This
book takes the art of paper mache masks to a whole new level.
This is a revealing consideration of ancient bronzes from their
halcyon days in antiquity to their allure today. Ancient bronze
statuary provides a sense of immediacy, a window directly back to
the classical world. The wistful expression of a young Roman woman,
the fixed jaw of a politician, and the tensed muscles of a Greek
athlete appear startlingly lifelike, transfixing the viewer with
their striking realism. Incredibly durable yet frequently destroyed
for their valuable materials, ancient bronzes are comparatively
rare discoveries. This book, richly illustrated with works from the
J. Paul Getty Museum and other important collections, provides an
engaging overview of classical bronzes. The exquisite volume
considers bronze throughout its long history, exploring its
enormous appeal from antiquity to the present day. The book
discusses the many roles bronze objects played in ancient Greece
and Rome and analyzes discoveries made at ancient foundries and by
contemporary scientists. It also examines references to bronze in
mythology, Pliny's histories, and other classical texts, as well as
representations on vases and other artworks.
Renowned American textile artist and sculptor Gyoengy Laky (b.
1944) was once described as a 'wood whisperer'. Her highly
individual, puzzle-like assemblages of timber and textiles helped
to significantly propel the growth of the contemporary fiber-arts
movement. Laky's art traverses an extraordinary personal story:
Born amid the bombings of World War II, she escaped from post-war,
Soviet-dominated Hungary; was sponsored by a family in Ohio, went
to grade school in Oklahoma, and went on to study at the University
of California, Berkeley. She followed this by founding the
Fiberworks Center for Textile Arts in the 1970s and fostering
innovations as a professor at the University of California, Davis.
This book provides insight into her studio practice, activism, and
teaching philosophy, which champions sustainable art and design,
original thinking, and the value of the unexpected.
Puget Sound's rich abundance of life - from mammals to birds - can
be attributed to the fact that the region is far more than just a
body of water. Edged by an extraordinary range of habitats, this
region is visited and occupied year-round by species that are
finely tuned to exploit the resources here that are necessary for
their survival. Birds are among the most obvious occupants of these
communities, and witnessing their dynamic lives has been a source
of inspiration for artist and naturalist Tony Angell. For nearly
fifty years Angell has used Puget Sound's natural diversity as his
artist's palette. In this book, he describes the living systems
within the Sound and shares his observations and encounters with
the species that make up the complex communities of the Sound's
rivers, tidal flats, islands, and beaches: the fledging flight of a
young peregrine, an otter playfully herding a small red rockfish,
the grasp of a curious octopus. Angell goes on to explain the
methods he uses in his art. The shapes, movements, patterns, and
even temperatures and smells that he experiences in the field are
all brought to bear on his work. His drawings bring clarity to his
visual and emotional memories, and his sculptures allow him to
approach a memory from many directions and retain that memory in
his hands. In all of his work, he lets the passion and excitement
of his discoveries drive his artistic expression. Angell augments
his descriptions of the wildlife of the Puget Sound region and his
working methods with two appendices listing guides and references
to this and other regions by other artists and naturalists. These
resources not only put wildlife viewers in touch with the times and
places to view particular species, but also speak to the patience
and willingness to be delighted that are necessary to increasing
the understanding of our wild neighbors. See Tony Angell on
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCemt7hVK_4
This survey brings together three decades of work by contemporary
Native American artistGerald Clarke (Cahuilla). Utilizing wit and
humor to expose historical and present-day injustice, Clarke brings
a decolonial perspective to urgent cultural and political issues
facing our world. Gerald Clarke is an artist, university professor,
Cahuillatribal leader, cowboy, and Indian (the artist's preferred
identity). Combining various media in his sculptures, paintings,
works on paper, videos, performances, and installations, Clarke
derives artistic inspiration from his cultural heritage, expressing
traditional ideas in contemporary forms that are both poetic and
politically urgent. Clarke's artistic output resonates with
histories of assemblage, pop, and conceptual art produced by both
Native and non-native artists. This amply illustrated catalogue
introduces Clarke's work at a moment when it is profoundly
necessary.
Aesthetic seduction, superb workmanship, and historical interest
are the three central themes in the collection of Fondation Gandur
pour l'Art (Geneva), created in 2010 and still expanding. The aim
of this first volume is to catalogue the works in the collection,
whose decorative aspects are every bit as important as their
narrative content. The works are for the most part sculptures -
statuettes and ornamental reliefs - although two-dimensional
decorations depicting figurative scenes associated with classical
antiquity or Christianity are no less important. The periods
represented by the sculptural works discussed in this book reflect
the scope of the whole collection, which ranges from the 12th to
the 18th century. And since the goal of the collection is to
document centuries of cultural exchange between France and
neighbouring countries, all the works included in the book come
from these latter regions. The hybrid styles are closely linked,
and this is an aspect of considerable importance, as is the
originality certain pieces display and, last but not least, their
aesthetic quality. The book is arranged by topic, which brings out
the great originality and extraordinary richness of the collection,
as well as the extremely varied nature of the subjects, narrative
episodes, and figures portrayed. More specifically, the topics are
divided into five sections: ancient gods and heroes; biblical and
allegorical figures; scenes from the life of the Virgin; episodes
from the life of Christ; and saints and intercessors. Each work has
its own entry that describes the historical and geographical
context in which it was made, analyses its iconographic content,
and includes a bibliography and a list of the exhibitions where the
work was exhibited.
An Unreasoned Act of Being is an account of the life and career of
Himmat Shah. Shah was a major sculptor and draughtsman of
twentieth-century India. He was born in 1933 and rejected
traditional schooling, opting instead to train at art school. He
spent time in Paris discovering the canon of western art but also
founded Group 1890, established to promote a form of Indian art
distinct from the western schools. The most recognizable of his
work is the series of heads sculpted in bronze and terracotta. As
emblems of masculinity they appear totemic and phallic. He uses
printmaking techniques to score the surfaces of these pieces. This
book looks in depth at his life and work, along with stylistic
aspects and technique. It offers an account of a seminal Indian
artist.
Heinz Mack (*1931) has been working as a sculptor and painter for
more than sixty years. From the ZERO period in around 1960 to the
present day he has created a wide-ranging work whose essential
aspects, such as the significance of light, structure and colour
are portrayed with often surprising perspectives. The authors
accompany Mack in his constant search for a new concept of art,
thereby discovering little-known connections to Minimal Art, Land
Art, Yves Klein and Constantin Brancusi. The journey through Mack's
rich oeuvre culminates finally in his passionate plea for the "idea
of beauty in the 21st century". Heinz Mack is an artist who has
left his mark on our times. He has made a pioneering contribution
to the question of a new concept of art, which has been of
fundamental importance since the post-war period. This volume
offers for the first time a monograph with an overview of Mack's
philosophy of art as well as his multi-faceted oeuvre: from ZERO
and the legendary Sahara Project to light art and his most recent
paintings.
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