David Breuer-Weil - Radical Visionary (Hardcover)

The first complete monograph devoted to the work of one of Britain's most powerful and original contemporary artists. David Breuer-Weil studied at the Central Saint Martins School of Art and Clare College, Cambridge. From the late 1980's until the late 1990's he worked as a specialist in Impressionist, Modern and Contemporary art at Sotheby's, London and as a curator for de Pury and Luxembourg Art in Geneva. He subsequently embarked on the epic series of apocalyptic works now known as the Project, over three hundred monumental paintings, a cycle that is arguably one of the most profound and consistent achievements in recent British painting. His determination to produce an art that deals with momentous and challenging themes is a reaction to a world he knows well, in which "art often seems to be reduced to a commodity": "In my own work I consciously avoided the high polish, commercial, slick look of much contemporary art. I wanted to produce colossal, un-commercialized images of existential doubt". This lavishly illustrated monograph presents a collection of paintings, drawings, sculptures, installations and studio shots.

General

Imprint:	Skira
Country of origin:	Italy
Release date:	August 2011
First published:	October 2011
Authors:	Monica Bohm-Duchen • James Hyman • Ben Hanly • Susie Stanton Staikos • Richard Aronowicz • Simon Blomfield • John Russell Taylor
Dimensions:	299 x 298 x 37mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	400
ISBN-13:	978-88-572-0863-3
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Art forms, treatments & subjects > Painting & paintings > General Books > Arts & Architecture > History of art / art & design styles > From 1900 > Art styles, 1960 - > General Books > Arts & Architecture > Art forms, treatments & subjects > Art treatments & subjects > Individual artists > General
LSN:	88-572-0863-X
Barcode:	9788857208633

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