Clive Head - Couverture rigide

Paraskos, Michael

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1848220626 ISBN 13 : 9781848220621

Editeur : Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd, 2010

Synopsis

Clive Head (b. 1965) is the leading British realist painter of his generation, known for his striking paintings of urban landscapes. He has achieved a worldwide reputation and his work is held in private and public collections internationally. Although there is a clear link between Head's work and the traditions of American Photorealism, the paintings extend that tradition by drawing on a European history of art, with the result that Head's work is as much a descendant of Canaletto, Constable and Ginner as Estes, Bectel and Goings. In his working method, Head seeks to embody a strong sense of place, not simply as a record of the look of a place, but as the expression of a place by a particular person. This is the first full-length monograph on his work and sets out to introduce it to a wider audience. It incorporates a short history of Clive Head's work to date, examining a number of his paintings in detail in order to illuminate his working processes. Michael Paraskos argues that Head's paintings, in their depiction of multiple viewpoints, have parallels with Cubism, although unlike the Cubists Head seeks to unify multiple viewpoints into a coherent scene, so that the shattering effect disappears. This places Head at the forefront of contemporary aesthetic theory and practice as he seeks to reinvent realist painting for the twenty-first century. The book is illustrated with 100 large-format images, which will help to establish Clive Head as a leading figure in contemporary painting.

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À propos de l'auteur

Michael Paraskos is a regular contributor to newspapers, magazines, radio and television. He was editor of the book Re-Reading Read: New Views on Herbert Read, and author of Steve Whitehead, The Table Top Schools of Art and Is Your Artwork Really Necessary? He has organised conferences at Tate Britain and the Whitechapel Gallery, and is Director of Programmes for the Cyprus College of Art.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2010
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1848220626
• ISBN 13: 9781848220621
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 200
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible