One Day, Something Happens: Paintings of People - Couverture souple

Higgie, Jennifer

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1853323306 ISBN 13 : 9781853323300

Editeur : Hayward Gallery Publishing, 2015

Synopsis

In One Day, Something Happens: Paintings of People, the celebrated writer, art critic and coeditor of Frieze magazine, Jennifer Higgie, illuminates her fascination for the figure in modern British painting through the works of artists as diverse as David Hockney, Lynette Yiadom-Boakye, Paula Rego and Peter Blake. Teasing out common themes, from representations of joy and loneliness to masks and the carnivalesque, this highly illustrated publication offers a very personal journey through contemporary figurative art. Among the artists featured are Eileen Agar, Michael Andrews, Liz Arnold, Walter Bayes, Peter Blake, Glenn Brown, Jeffrey Camp, Steven Claydon, Prunella Clough, Robert Colquhoun, Kate Davis, Milena Dragicevic, Malcolm Drummond, Lucian Freud, Michael Fullerton, Rodney Gladwell, Alasdair Gray, Roy Grayson, Richard Hamilton, Georgia Hayes, David Hockney, Donna Huddleston, Jock McFadyen, David Noonan, Paula Rego, Ceri Richards, William Roberts, Bob Robinson, Walter Sickert, Euan Uglow and Lynette Yiadom-Boakye.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

In 'One Day, Something Happens: Paintings of People' the renowned writer and critic Jennifer Higgie, presents a highly personal selection of figurative paintings from the Arts Council Collection, one of the world s largest collections of modern and contemporary British art. Through these works, Higgie teases out common themes, from joy and loneliness to storytelling and theatricality, exploring the limits of painting and figurative representation. 'One Day, Something Happens' presents a journey through contemporary figurative art, and includes an illuminating essay by Higgie, alongside interviews in which she discusses the practice of figurative paintings with five of the featured artists. Artists included in this publication are: Eileen Agar, Michael Andrews, Liz Arnold, Walter Bayes, Peter Blake, Glenn Brown, Jeffery Camp, Steven Claydon, Prunella Clough, Robert Colquhoun, Enrico David, Milena Dragicevic, Malcolm Drummond, Lucian Freud, Michael Fullerton, Alasdair Gray, Roy Grayson, Richard Hamilton, Georgia Hayes, David Hockney, Donna Huddleston, Jock McFadyen, Katy Moran, Ryan Mosley, David Noonan, Paula Rego, Ceri Richards, William Roberts, Bob Robinson, Walter Sickert, Renee So, Euan Uglow, Peter Unsworth, Phoebe Unwin, Barbara Walker, Martin Westwood, Alfred Wolmark, Rose Wylie and Lynette Yiadom-Boakye.

Biographie de l'auteur

Jennifer Higgie is a novelist, screenwriter, art critic and co-editor of frieze magazine. Jill Constantine is Head of the Arts Council Collection.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Hayward Gallery Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2015
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1853323306
• ISBN 13: 9781853323300
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 176
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible