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The first monograph on Richard Smith, a key figure in the
development of British art. Richard Smith (1931-2016) was one of
the most original painters of his generation, and one of the most
underrated. As Barbara Rose said of Smith's major Tate Gallery
retrospective in 1975, he was 'at once in and out of touch with the
currents of the mainstream ... au courant and aloof at the same
time.' That he latterly slipped under the radar to some extent is
partly explained by his detachment from the mainstream as well as
by his frequent switching of studios between England and the USA,
although this helped charge his creative batteries. He is the only
artist of his stature who has not been represented by a monograph,
which the dazzling presentation of images in Richard Smith:
Artworks now fulfils. It has been produced with the generous
collaboration of the Richard Smith Foundation. Richard Smith:
Artworks traces Smith's entire career, from the breakthrough
lyrical abstraction of the early Pop-inflected paintings, through
the radical shaped canvases and three-dimensional works that he
produced in the 1960s, to the 'Kite' works beginning in 1972 and,
eventually, his return to the flat canvas. As a Senior Curator at
Tate, Dr Chris Stephens knew Smith well, and he contributes a
wide-ranging introduction to Smith's art and life. Prof David Alan
Mellor investigates and explains the Anglo-American cultural
contexts that drove Smith's art, while Alex Massouras's two themed
essays, 'Young and British' and 'From Motion Pictures to Flight',
explore Smith's originality from fresh perspectives. The book is
completed with an Afterword by its editor, Martin Harrison.
David Hockney is one of the greatest draughtsmen of all time, and
his drawings of the 1960s and 1970s are among his finest works.
This selection of 41 drawings, both well-known and unfamiliar,
demonstrates how his love of life is expressed through his
extraordinary ability to closely observe and translate into art the
world around him. Friends, places and inanimate objects are all
depicted with insight and energy.
The first book to concentrate on the early ceramic work of
'Transvestite Potter', bestselling author, broadcaster and social
commentator Grayson Perry. Grayson Perry is now a household name as
a result of his widely viewed television documentaries, numerous
publications - including his critically acclaimed book about
masculinity, The Descent of Man - and dazzling appearances dressed
as his alter ego, Claire. However, Perry first came to public
attention in 2003 when he won the Turner Prize, the first
ceramicist to do so, and rapidly established a unique brand as 'the
transvestite potter'. Ceramics are still central to Perry's work as
an artist, and this book examines the plates, pots and statues from
the early 1980s to the mid-1990s that laid the foundations of his
career. It traces his artistic development, examining the
iconography and meaning behind the work, as well as placing his art
in the context not only of his own psychological make-up in the
period before he underwent therapy but also of the various
subcultures of the London art scene. With essays by Grayson Perry,
Andrew Wilson and Catrin Jones.
A new and revised edition of the 2002 popular title, The Barbara
Hepworth Sculpture Garden, this exquisitely produced book showcases
the garden in St Ives throughout the seasons, with new photography
and updated information on the plants from the Head Gardener, Jodi
Dickinson. Barbara Hepworth's studio at Trewyn in St Ives is a
unique combination of sub-tropical garden and sculpture museum. A
haven of peace, it provided Hepworth with a working environment, a
showcase for her sculpture, and the opportunity to pursue her love
of gardening. The Barbara Hepworth Sculpture Garden is a beautiful
record of the plants and sculptures at Trewyn through the seasons,
exploring the relationship between Hepworth's sculpture and the
natural forms that surround them. With specially commissioned
photographs and full descriptions of both plants and sculptures,
this is a comprehensive record of Barbra Hepworth's years in St
Ives, and a beautiful souvenir of the garden. Texts from art
historian and previous curator at Tate, Chris Stephens, along with
Miranda Philips contextualises the work of Hepworth and the
decisions made to create one of the most famous artists gardens in
the world.
A full career retrospective of one of the greatest and most popular
living artists, lavishly illustrated with works from across the
artist's six-decade career David Hockney has been delighting and
challenging audiences for almost sixty years. Working in an
extraordinarily wide range of media with equal measures of wit and
intelligence, his art has examined, probed and questioned how the
perceived world of movement, space and time can be captured in two
dimensions. This lavishly illustrated publication reasserts Hockney
as a serious thinker and a highly innovative artist constantly
challenging the conventions of artistic expression, without losing
the characteristic verve, humour and colour of the work. Showcasing
over 200 works (including painting, drawings, photographs,
watercolours, iPad drawings, and his most recent multi-screen
works) from across the six decades of his remarkable career, the
book will delight existing fans of the artist, while giving new
audiences the fullest possible introduction to his life and work.
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Henry Moore: A European Impulse (Hardcover)
Hermann Arnhold, Tanja Pirsig-Marshall, Markus Muller, Chris Stephens, Christa Lichtenstern, …
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Henry Moore has influenced the history of twentieth - century
sculpture more decisively than anyone else. He was one of the first
contemporary sculptors to realise his ideas in the public space
throughout the world. His oeuvre was a lasting source of
inspiration for an entire generation of artists - from Hans Arp,
Alberto Giacometti and Pablo Picasso to the younger generation of
German sculptors. Henry Moore (1898 - 1 986), known as the "Picasso
of Sculpture", is regarded as one of the most important sculptors
of the twentieth century and the epitome of the modern artist.
Typical of his work is the interrelationship between nature and
abstraction. He discovered the "voi ds", so - called openings and
holes which heighten the sculptural, three - dimensional effect of
his works. With this new approach Moore exercised a strong
influence on younger sculptors, who gained decisive impulses from
his sculptures. This volume presents M oore as the dominant
personality of modern sculpture in collaboration with the members
of the younger generation of artists.
Leading authorities explore the transition from the High Victorian
period to the counterculture of the 1960s and the Young British
Artists of the 1990s. The book brings to the fore Britain's complex
role as a focus for the dissemination of modernist ideas, as well
as the reaction against them, and details the political, social,
and commercial relationships underpinning the role of art and
artists in the history of modern Britain.
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