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One of the foremost figurative artists working today, Lucian Freud (British, born Germany 1922) has redefined portraiture and the nude through his unblinking scrutiny of the human form. Although best known as a painter, etching has become integral to his practice. This exhibition will present the full scope of Freud’s achievements in etching, including some…
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The Belgian painter, printmaker, sculptor, and filmmaker René Magritte (1898–1967) was one of the leading figures in the Surrealist movement, producing some of the most iconic images of the 20th century. His trademark flat, inexpressive manner, combining apparently mundane, everyday scenes with elements of the fantastic or erotic, created a disturbing, dreamlike atmosphere that is all his own.
After flirtations with Realism, Impressionism, and Symbolism, Kiev-born Kazimir Malevich (1878–1935) found his métier in dissolving literal, representational figures and landscapes into pure emotionally-charged abstraction. In 1915, he created what is widely lauded as the first and ultimate abstract artwork: Black Square, a black rectangle on a white background, hailed as the “zero point of painting,” a seminal moment for modern and abstract practice.
A key figure in a succession of art movements in the early 20th century, Kazimir Malevich (1879–1935) was Russia’s most influential avant-garde artist. His style of severe geometric abstraction, which he called “suprematism,” was a precursor to constructivism.
The contradiction appears immense: a dizzying jaunt through mythologies and their diverse visual worlds anchored not exclusively in Western tradition, bearing more than a hint of a tour de force, reinforced by echoes of John Milton’s epic work “Paradise Lost” and Sebastian Brant’s “Ship of Fools”, allusions to the political events of the 20th century and, last but by no means least, the artist’s recourse to ancient anthropological perceptions of hybrid creatures. the figures appear in their respective worlds in chaotic, yet colorful disarray.
exhibition catalogue of Mark Francis’ show at Interim Art, London, in 1994
exhibition catalogue of Mark Francis’ show at Kerlin Gallery, Dublin, in 1997
Over the past few years, British artist Mark Francis has been working on large abstract paintings that due to their repetitive subject matter and the visual solutions he has applied in them can be divided into two equally important and related groups.
In the majority of the works on show, Francis has moved from a landscape scale to a microscopic one. Many of the canvases show objects which are readily identifiable as sperm, spores, ovules or cells. The painting is often almost matter of fact, if not actually photographic. In some cases, the objects are presented on…
This catalogue accompanies Mark Leckey’s first major show at Tate. It combines newly commissioned writing with artists’ scripts for performances, and illustrates his previous work as well as the intriguing sources of inspiration for Tate Britain’s powerful, immersive exhibition.
Mark Wallinger has created some of the most subtly intelligent and irreverent artworks of the last twenty-five years. While his early focus was on the traditions and values of British society, in the 1990’s his interests shifted to a questioning of power structures more widely, and the playful exploration of subjects as diverse as horse…
Renowned for his straightforward approach to making art and his deft economy of means, Martin Creed has produced sculptures, installations, drawings, films, performances, music, and text, each of which has found its inspiration in the objects and activities of everyday life. This extensive volume documents some 800 works produced over twenty years and selected by the artist himself.
This is the most complete and beautiful study of the Chapel of the Rosary in Vence, near Nice in the South of France, considered one of the most important religious structures of the modern age and regarded by Henri Matisse himself as his great masterpiece.
British artist Michael Landy (b. 1963) is known primarily as an installation artist. His work, along with others associated with the Young British Artists (YBAs), was first catapulted to the world spotlight when it was featured in the notorious Sensation exhibition (1997).
Bringing together the artist’s paintings, sculptures and drawings in over one hundred colour illustrations, this book connects Modigliani’s art with his life in Paris and to the time he spent in the South of France during the First World War. It examines his relationship to a close circle of friends and associates, including the poets, art dealers, writers and musicians who often posed for his portraits.
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