Wilhelm Sasnal - Brossura

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0854881999 ISBN 13: 9780854881994

Casa editrice: Whitechapel Art Gallery, 2011

Riassunto

Mixing art historical references with images taken from the internet, the paintings of Polish artist Wilhelm Sasnal (born 1972) borrow liberally from the image glut around us, appropriating anything from icons of popular culture such as Roy Orbison to paintings of the past such as Georges Seurat's "Bathers at Asni res"--from the lonesome cowboys in a Steven Spielberg film to the photographs of Enrique Metinides. In an era flooded by photographic images, Sasnal's work attests to the continuous spellbinding power of painting to cohere and recode visual data. This volume, published for a major show at the Whitechapel Gallery in London, surveys Sasnal's paintings of the past ten years. It opens with recent works referencing world events and the artist's extensive travels before returning to Pop-inspired work from the 1990s and reflections on the troubled history of his native Poland.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Whitechapel Art Gallery
• Data di pubblicazione: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0854881999
• ISBN 13: 9780854881994
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 104
• Redattore: Borchardt-hume Achim