Richard Long

Richard Long

Author: Richard Long

Publisher: Tate

Published: 2009-09

Total Pages: 248

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This exhibition presents a selection of the artist's works spanning four decades.


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Download or read book Richard Long written by Richard Long and published by Tate. This book was released on 2009-09 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This exhibition presents a selection of the artist's works spanning four decades.


The Upper Room

The Upper Room

Author: Chris Ofili

Publisher: Victoria Miro

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 72

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Installation of 13 paintings of rhesus macaque monkeys in a large walnut-panelled room designed by architect David Adjaye. The room is approached through a dimly-lit corrridor, which is designed to give a sense of anticipation. Each painting depicts a monkey based around a different colour theme (grey, red, white etc.). The twelve smaller paintings show a monkey from the side and they are based on a 1957 Andy Warhol drawing. The larger monkey is depicted from the front. Each painting is individually spotlit in the otherwise darkened room. The room is designed to create an impressive and contemplative atmosphere. The paintings each rest on two round lumps of elephant dung, treated and coated in resin. There is also a lump of the dung on each painting. Strictly speaking, each work is mixed media, comprising paint, resin, glitter, mapping pins and elephant dung. The Upper Room as a whole is described by the Tate (which bought the piece in 2005) as an "installation". The Upper Room is a reference to the Biblical Last Supper of Jesus and his disciples, hence the thirteen paintings. Ofili states the work is not intended to be offensive, but rather to contrast the harmonious life of the monkeys with the travails of the human race.


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Download or read book The Upper Room written by Chris Ofili and published by Victoria Miro. This book was released on 2002 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Installation of 13 paintings of rhesus macaque monkeys in a large walnut-panelled room designed by architect David Adjaye. The room is approached through a dimly-lit corrridor, which is designed to give a sense of anticipation. Each painting depicts a monkey based around a different colour theme (grey, red, white etc.). The twelve smaller paintings show a monkey from the side and they are based on a 1957 Andy Warhol drawing. The larger monkey is depicted from the front. Each painting is individually spotlit in the otherwise darkened room. The room is designed to create an impressive and contemplative atmosphere. The paintings each rest on two round lumps of elephant dung, treated and coated in resin. There is also a lump of the dung on each painting. Strictly speaking, each work is mixed media, comprising paint, resin, glitter, mapping pins and elephant dung. The Upper Room as a whole is described by the Tate (which bought the piece in 2005) as an "installation". The Upper Room is a reference to the Biblical Last Supper of Jesus and his disciples, hence the thirteen paintings. Ofili states the work is not intended to be offensive, but rather to contrast the harmonious life of the monkeys with the travails of the human race.


Van Dyck & Britain

Van Dyck & Britain

Author: Karen Hearn

Publisher: Tate Publishing & Enterprises

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 258

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Published to accompany the exhibition held at Tate Britain, London, 18 Feb.-17 May 2009.


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Download or read book Van Dyck & Britain written by Karen Hearn and published by Tate Publishing & Enterprises. This book was released on 2009 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Published to accompany the exhibition held at Tate Britain, London, 18 Feb.-17 May 2009.


Joyous Machines

Joyous Machines

Author: Michael Landy

Publisher: Tate Publishing(UK)

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 160

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of Homage written on the night of its destruction by former critic for The New York Times, Dore Ashton brings the event to life. Travelling back in time, Landy contributes an intriguing posthumous in-conversation with Tinguely in which the two artists finally meet and collect junk together on a New York City dump as they discuss their respective endeavours." --Book Jacket.


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Download or read book Joyous Machines written by Michael Landy and published by Tate Publishing(UK). This book was released on 2009 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: of Homage written on the night of its destruction by former critic for The New York Times, Dore Ashton brings the event to life. Travelling back in time, Landy contributes an intriguing posthumous in-conversation with Tinguely in which the two artists finally meet and collect junk together on a New York City dump as they discuss their respective endeavours." --Book Jacket.


Turner and the Masters

Turner and the Masters

Author: Tate Britain (Gallery)

Publisher: Tate

Published: 2009-09

Total Pages: 248

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"J.M.W. Turner (1775-1851) is widely regarded as the greatest painter Britain has ever produced. Despite the many books and exhibitions that have been devoted to him, there is one aspect of his extraordinary oeuvre that has never been thoroughly examined. Uniquely in the history of European art, he took on all comers, past and present, that he considered worthy of a challenge, creating his own images in their styles. These works were both acts of homage and a sophisticated form of art criticism, demonstrating his understanding of great art and his ability to equal or better the most celebrated exponents of the landscape tradition. No artist, however revered, was considered beyond challenge. This unique habit is clearly a key to understanding Turner's art, yet the issue is one that has so far never been thoroughly addressed on Turner and on British art of the 18th and 19th centuries. In "Turner and the Masters" leading authorities explore this fascinating aspect of his career, revealing new detail on the debts and rivalries that shaped his work in often unexpected ways. Accompanying a major touring exhibition that brings together works by Turner with masterpieces by Claude, Canaletto, Ruisdael, Van de Velde, Poussin, Rubens and Rembrandt, as well as by Turner's contemporaries including Constable and Bonnington, this book firmly positions Turner in the company of the greatest painters of all time. The contributors include Guillaume Faroult, Sarah Monks, Martin Myrone, Kathleen Nicholson, Philippa Simpson and Ian Warrell." --Book Jacket.


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Download or read book Turner and the Masters written by Tate Britain (Gallery) and published by Tate. This book was released on 2009-09 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "J.M.W. Turner (1775-1851) is widely regarded as the greatest painter Britain has ever produced. Despite the many books and exhibitions that have been devoted to him, there is one aspect of his extraordinary oeuvre that has never been thoroughly examined. Uniquely in the history of European art, he took on all comers, past and present, that he considered worthy of a challenge, creating his own images in their styles. These works were both acts of homage and a sophisticated form of art criticism, demonstrating his understanding of great art and his ability to equal or better the most celebrated exponents of the landscape tradition. No artist, however revered, was considered beyond challenge. This unique habit is clearly a key to understanding Turner's art, yet the issue is one that has so far never been thoroughly addressed on Turner and on British art of the 18th and 19th centuries. In "Turner and the Masters" leading authorities explore this fascinating aspect of his career, revealing new detail on the debts and rivalries that shaped his work in often unexpected ways. Accompanying a major touring exhibition that brings together works by Turner with masterpieces by Claude, Canaletto, Ruisdael, Van de Velde, Poussin, Rubens and Rembrandt, as well as by Turner's contemporaries including Constable and Bonnington, this book firmly positions Turner in the company of the greatest painters of all time. The contributors include Guillaume Faroult, Sarah Monks, Martin Myrone, Kathleen Nicholson, Philippa Simpson and Ian Warrell." --Book Jacket.


Afro-Modern: Journeys Through the Black Atlantic

Afro-Modern: Journeys Through the Black Atlantic

Author: Tanya Barson

Publisher: Tate

Published: 2010-06

Total Pages: 228

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Published on the occasion of the exhibition at Tate Liverpool, 29 January until 25 April 2010.


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Download or read book Afro-Modern: Journeys Through the Black Atlantic written by Tanya Barson and published by Tate. This book was released on 2010-06 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Published on the occasion of the exhibition at Tate Liverpool, 29 January until 25 April 2010.


John Baldessari

John Baldessari

Author: Matilda Olof-Ors

Publisher: Walther Konig Verlag

Published: 2020

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9783960987956

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By combining and colliding the unexpected, the US artist John Baldessari (1931-2020), created conceptual works that raise questions regarding what art is, how art is made, and what art can look like. After concluding in the 1960s that a photographic image or a text were more adequate expressions of his artistic intentions than painting, John Baldessari's practice took a new direction. Since then, Baldessari has combined subjects from the imagery of popular culture with linguistic examinations, creating works that challenge artistic norms and boundaries. Besides the two essays the book also includes a wide selection of Baldessari's own writings from 1968-2011.


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Download or read book John Baldessari written by Matilda Olof-Ors and published by Walther Konig Verlag. This book was released on 2020 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By combining and colliding the unexpected, the US artist John Baldessari (1931-2020), created conceptual works that raise questions regarding what art is, how art is made, and what art can look like. After concluding in the 1960s that a photographic image or a text were more adequate expressions of his artistic intentions than painting, John Baldessari's practice took a new direction. Since then, Baldessari has combined subjects from the imagery of popular culture with linguistic examinations, creating works that challenge artistic norms and boundaries. Besides the two essays the book also includes a wide selection of Baldessari's own writings from 1968-2011.


Court, Country, City

Court, Country, City

Author: Mark Hallett

Publisher: Studies in British Art

Published: 2016

Total Pages: 544

ISBN-13: 9780300214802

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The late 17th and early 18th centuries saw profound changes in Britain and in its visual arts. This volume provides fresh perspectives on the art of the late Stuart and early Georgian periods, focusing on the concepts, spaces, and audiences of court, country, and city as reflected in an array of objects, materials, and places. The essays discuss the revolutionary political and economic circumstances of the period, which not only forged a new nation-state but also provided a structural setting for artistic production and reception. Contributions from nineteen authors and the three editors cover such diverse topics as tapestry in the age of Charles II and painting in the court of Queen Anne; male friendship portraits; mezzotint and the exchange between painting and print; the interpretation of genres such as still life and marine painting; the concept of remembered places; courtly fashion and furnishing; the codification of rules for painting; and the development of aesthetic theory.


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Download or read book Court, Country, City written by Mark Hallett and published by Studies in British Art. This book was released on 2016 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The late 17th and early 18th centuries saw profound changes in Britain and in its visual arts. This volume provides fresh perspectives on the art of the late Stuart and early Georgian periods, focusing on the concepts, spaces, and audiences of court, country, and city as reflected in an array of objects, materials, and places. The essays discuss the revolutionary political and economic circumstances of the period, which not only forged a new nation-state but also provided a structural setting for artistic production and reception. Contributions from nineteen authors and the three editors cover such diverse topics as tapestry in the age of Charles II and painting in the court of Queen Anne; male friendship portraits; mezzotint and the exchange between painting and print; the interpretation of genres such as still life and marine painting; the concept of remembered places; courtly fashion and furnishing; the codification of rules for painting; and the development of aesthetic theory.


The Black Photo Album

The Black Photo Album

Author: Santu Mofokeng

Publisher:

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 100

ISBN-13: 9783869303109

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"...with the so-called civilised workers, almost without exception their civilisation was only skin deep." O. Pirow, quoting South African Prime Minister J. B. M. Hertzog For this book Santu Mofokeng collected private photographs which urban black working and middle-class families in South Africa commissioned between 1890 and 1950, a time when the government was creating policies towards those designated as "natives". Painterly in style, the images evoke the artifices of Victorian photography. Some of them are fiction, a creation of the artist in terms of setting, props, clothing and pose - yet there is no evidence of coercion. We believe these images, as they reveal something about how these people imagined themselves. In this work Mofokeng analyses the sensibilities, aspirations and self-image of the black population and its desire for representation and social recognition in times of colonial rule and suppression. The Black Photo Album / Look at Me: 1890-1950 is drawn from an ongoing research project of the University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg.


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Download or read book The Black Photo Album written by Santu Mofokeng and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "...with the so-called civilised workers, almost without exception their civilisation was only skin deep." O. Pirow, quoting South African Prime Minister J. B. M. Hertzog For this book Santu Mofokeng collected private photographs which urban black working and middle-class families in South Africa commissioned between 1890 and 1950, a time when the government was creating policies towards those designated as "natives". Painterly in style, the images evoke the artifices of Victorian photography. Some of them are fiction, a creation of the artist in terms of setting, props, clothing and pose - yet there is no evidence of coercion. We believe these images, as they reveal something about how these people imagined themselves. In this work Mofokeng analyses the sensibilities, aspirations and self-image of the black population and its desire for representation and social recognition in times of colonial rule and suppression. The Black Photo Album / Look at Me: 1890-1950 is drawn from an ongoing research project of the University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg.


The Dark Monarch

The Dark Monarch

Author: Michael Bracewell

Publisher:

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 170

ISBN-13: 9781854378743

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Explores the influence of folklore, mysticism, mythology and the occult on the development of modernism and surrealism in Britain. This book features the works of both historic and contemporary artists, and considers the influence of neo-romantic and arcane themes on a significant strand of British art practice.


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Download or read book The Dark Monarch written by Michael Bracewell and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the influence of folklore, mysticism, mythology and the occult on the development of modernism and surrealism in Britain. This book features the works of both historic and contemporary artists, and considers the influence of neo-romantic and arcane themes on a significant strand of British art practice.