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Nature morte : contemporary artists reinvigorate the still-life tradition / Michael Petry.

By: Publisher: London : Thames & Hudson, 2013Description: 288 pages (some folded) : illustrations (some colour) ; 29 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0500239061
  • 9780500239063
Subject(s):
Contents:
Revisiting the still life -- Flora -- Food -- House & Home -- Fauna -- Death.
Summary: This book reveals how leading artists of the 21st century are reinvigorating the still life, a genre previously synonymous with the sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Old Masters. Michael Petrys careful curation of this exciting revamp celebrates works by emerging and established artists alike, from all over the globe, including John Currin, Elmgreen & Dragset, Renata Hegyi, Damien Hirst, David Hockney, Jeff Koons, Beatriz Milhazes, Gabriel Orozco, Elizabeth Peyton, Marc Quinn, Sam Taylor- Wood and Ai Weiwei. Short but compelling introductions begin each chapter and are followed by dramatic, visually led spreads that pair each work with a perceptive reading of its significance to the still-life tradition.
Holdings
Item type Current library Collection Call number Status Barcode
Book Book CGLAS Library Gold 704.9435 PET (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 00947
Book Book CGLAS Library Gold 704.9435 PET (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 03484

Includes bibliographical references (page 285) and index.

Revisiting the still life -- Flora -- Food -- House & Home -- Fauna -- Death.

This book reveals how leading artists of the 21st century are reinvigorating the still life, a genre previously synonymous with the sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Old Masters. Michael Petrys careful curation of this exciting revamp celebrates works by emerging and established artists alike, from all over the globe, including John Currin, Elmgreen & Dragset, Renata Hegyi, Damien Hirst, David Hockney, Jeff Koons, Beatriz Milhazes, Gabriel Orozco, Elizabeth Peyton, Marc Quinn, Sam Taylor- Wood and Ai Weiwei. Short but compelling introductions begin each chapter and are followed by dramatic, visually led spreads that pair each work with a perceptive reading of its significance to the still-life tradition.

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