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Bay Area Figurative Art, 1950-1965
"Should be the classic, central, definitive work on the emergence of Bay Area Figurative painting."--Paul Mills, author of The New Figurative Painting of David Park
The World New Made
A celebration of the richness of figurative painting over the last 100 years and a passionate critique of the accepted history of art in the 20th century. Figurative painting is due a reappraisal. In this passionately argued volume the distinguished writer and artist Timothy Hyman cuts a new path through the tangle of twentieth-century art. The World New Made explores the work of more than fifty individual painters, presenting a collective 'Resistance' who together offer a human-centred alternative to the dominance of the Abstract or the Conceptual in conventional narratives of modern art. Structured not as a survey but as in-depth studies of more than 130 specific artworks, this lavishly illustrated book brings these often marginalized artists centre-stage: not just Alice Neel and Balthus, Max Beckmann and Frida Kahlo, but also Marsden Hartley and Charlotte Salomon, Bhupen Khakhar and Jacob Lawrence. A rich cast is brought to life, partly through their own writings. As the author argues, 'All across the world, isolated artists found new idioms for human-centred painting in the midst of modern life.'
Unrealism
Figurative painting of the past five years, represented here by an exciting young generation of artists and vital practitioners, addresses the challenge of contemporary representation through expressionistic compositions and new techniques reflecting digital fluency. Figuration is one of the oldest art forms, but it continually evolves, along with our changing understanding of human identity. The artists featured here often source imagery from the Internet, and draw on aesthetics developed in Internet-first channels. Digital techniques and affordances are incorporated into rendering processes with traditional media: brushstrokes are more precise, lines are sharper, and color is more highly keyed. In these works, expressionism is located more in the composition than in the paint handling. This richly illustrated collection of figurative works is accompanied by texts that connect the present moment in painting to the early 1980s, when the emergence of artists such as Jean-Michel Basquiat, Francesco Clemente, David Salle, and Julian Schnabel revitalized the art dialogue after the extended dissolution of Minimalism, and to its roots in the practice of painters like Picabia.
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A Brush with the Real
Presents a survey of key contemporary artists who have each embraced painting and are working within a realist tradition. Through individual interviews, discusses their methods, motives and sources, from art history to the Internet and the language of film.
Figurative Painting with Collage
Collage is an innovative and exciting technique that invigorates the artistic process through unusual associations and dislocated imagery. This practical book shows how collage can be used to portray the figure in new and challenging ways. Written for both novices and experienced artists, it explains the fundamental techniques used to manipulate different paints and collage, whilst encouraging experimentation and individual development. Contents include a guide to the materials, including papers and glues; practical exercises and instructions to explain techniques, including how to transfer processes, use mixed media and add tone; advice on developing painting from sketches, photographs and found images, and how to experiment with a wide range of image-making strategies; traces how collage was first used by cubists Braque and Picasso, and introduces contemporary methods and ideas, including photographic imagery. Illustrated with nearly 200 images to show the diverse range and depth of collage in figurative painting and aimed at novices, experienced artists and art designers.
Figurative Paintings
Highlights the work of 204 newly discovered regional Modernist painters, especially some from Belgium, with carefully researched biographical information about each one. Over 350 color photographs display their dynamic works. These paintings helped spread the Parisian influence throughout the world, and are often showcased in galleries today. This pioneer work documents many of the artists for the first time.
Victorian Figurative Painting
Provides a unique insight into the nature and true value of Victorian genre with reference to contmeporary sources throughout. Uncovers the real significance of the paintings discussed and what they meant to a contemporary public.
