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John Hoyland: the Last Paintings
Reckonings with mortality and art history in the final works of John Hoyland This richly illustrated publication explores the paintings John Hoyland (1934-2011) made in his final decade, including his final series, the Mysteries. Essays by Natalie Adamson, David Anfam, Matthew Collings and Mel Gooding discuss his veneration of Van Gogh, his connections to Turner and his development of the visual language of the Abstract Expressionists.
Rose Finn-Kelcey
From the 1970s, artist Rose Finn Kelcey became a central figure in the emerging communities of performance and feminist art in the UK. The complex thinking embodied in her work has touched on such themes as power and the dilemmas of mastery,the myth of the artist; the gaining of a voice; the deceptions of value; the nature of collaboration,the surrogate performer; spirituality; longing and death. This book, extensively illustrated, is the first comprehensive mono graph on this artist s work, documenting more than four decades of Finn Kelceys art. Includes over 150 illustrations and essays by Guy Brett, Sarah Kent and Michael Stanley.
The 1862 US Cavalry Tactics
Directed by the U.S. War Department in 1859 to prepare a new, revised manual for U.S. cavalry operations, then-Col. Philip St. George Cooke produced this book after extensive research of cavalry tactics used by the advanced nations in Europe, where he had been an observer in the Crimean War (1854-1856). Originally published in 1860, the book was revised in 1861 and 1862. This 1862 Government Printing Office edition combines the former two volume work into one book.
Amor Mundi
Amor Mundi: The Collection of Marguerite Steed Hoffman' delves deep into this remarkable singular collection. Over two volumes, Amor Mundi presents an edited selection of over 400 works of modern and contemporary art from the Collection of Marguerite Steed Hoffman, from the pieces brought together by Marguerite Steed and her late husband Robert Hoffman (1947-2006) to more recent outstanding acquisitions. Over 30 authors - artists and art historians - explore this fascinating collection, addressing specific artworks as well as the motivations behind the collection's creation and ongoing evolution. Created over the course of a two-year period, great care has been taken to reflect the collectio...
Bill Lynch
This is the first comprehensive monograph on the late American artist, Bill Lynch (1960-2013).Painting primarily onto salvaged plywood sheets, leaving areas raw and exposed, Lynch depicted landscapes and wildlife, cultural artefacts and mythical symbols with instinctive and direct brushstrokes and a psychological connection to his subject matter.The artist's vested interest in Chinese painting is apparent in his confident gestures, combining a dry lambent brush and thick pasty paint.Making use of irregularities such as the knots and grain in the wooden support, Lynch merged the material of the surfaces with images creating an ambiguity between the physicality of the ground and his luscious p...
The Outwardness of Art
"Adrian Stokes (1902-1972) was at once the last of the great British amateur art writers in the tradition of Ruskin and Pater, and - as the first art theorist to substantially synthesize aesthetics and psychoanalysis - among the first of the moderns. Since the publication of his groundbreaking Faber books The Quattro Cento and Stones of Rimini in the 1930s, Stokes's writing has enjoyed an incredibly diverse readership across disciplines ranging from psychoanalysis to literature and art, from Ernst Gombrich to Dore Ashton, Ben Nicholson to Philip Guston, Ezra Pound to John Ashbery. " -- Publisher's description.
