Nature Morte: Contemporary Artists Reinvigorate the Still-live Tradition: Contemporary artists reinvigorate the Still-Life tradition - Rilegato

Petry, Michael

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ISBN 10: 0500239061 ISBN 13: 9780500239063

Casa editrice: Thames & Hudson, 2013

Riassunto

This richly rewarding book reveals how leading artists of the twenty-first century are reinvigorating the still life, a genre previously synonymous with the sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Old Masters. The audacious still lifes celebrated here challenge that historical supremacy and redefine what it means to be a work of nature morte, or “dead nature.” Whether through painting, drawing, sculpture, video, or other forms, contemporary artists have drawn on the tradition to create works of conceptual vivacity, beauty, and emotional poignancy.Michel Petry has structured the book according to the classic categories of the still-life tradition—Flora, Food, House and Home, Fauna, and Death. Each chapter explores how the timeless symbolic resonance of the memento mori—a reminder of death, change, and the passing of time—has been rediscovered for a new millennium. Among the artists represented are John Currin, Saara Ekström, Elmgreen & Dragset, Renata Hegyi, Damien Hirst, David Hockney, Gary Hume, Jeff Koons, McDermott & McGough, Beatriz Milhazes, Gabriel Orozco, Marc Quinn, Sam Taylor-Wood, and Cy Twombly.

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Lively ... a cabinet of curiosities, both beautiful and weird. --Peter Conrad, The Observer

Proving that there's still life in the tradition of still life ... extravagantly illustrated. --Time Out

A daring, convincing and completely on-point collection of modern still-life ... Michael Petry's commentary is perfect throughout. --fad website.com

Nature Morte provides those with a love of rotting flesh, creepy Christian dogma and all things decrepit, disturbing and decaying an indulgent collection of beautiful underworldly delights. --Dazed Digital

Thought-provoking and richly visual ... visually stunning and timely book --Artdaily.com

Beautifully illustrated book. --Crafts

Puts contemporary still-life back on its pedestal. --Art Quarterly

The Old Masters have had a makeover. --The Daily Telegraph

The still-life medium gets a makeover ... full of images by star names. --Elle Decoration

Highlights the rich tradition that looms behind even the starkest conceptual art. --World of Interiors

The publishers have created a sumptuous book ... gives us a real insight into how artists think and interpret this very real theme. --Gazette & Herald (Ryedale)

Puts contemporary still-life back on its pedestal. --Art Quarterly

The Old Masters have had a makeover. --The Daily Telegraph

The still-life medium gets a makeover ... full of images by star names. --Elle Decoration

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• Editore: Thames & Hudson
• Data di pubblicazione: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0500239061
• ISBN 13: 9780500239063
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 288