Lateral Inversions: The Prints of Barry Cleavin - Brossura

Johnston, Melinda

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1927145473 ISBN 13: 9781927145470

Casa editrice: Univ of Canterbury, 2014

Riassunto

Lavishly illustrated with more than 120 color plates, this survey of one of New Zealand’s leading printmakers draws from Barry Cleavin’s vast output to present a major representative sample of his prints and drawings from 1966 through 2012. Over more than five decades, Cleavin has developed thematic groupings, created visual echoes and provided contemporary twists on age-old traditions on his way to forging an immediately recognizable style that ranges from lightly humorous parody to caustic social comment. Selected works are presented within the context of Cleavin’s wider oeuvre, but they are also placed within their social and historical background, demonstrating the range of the artist’s talent and providing significant new insights into his work and thematic concerns. Written in a generally accessible style and with a glossary that explains terms to a nonspecialist audience,Lateral Inversions invites readers to view the world through Barry Cleavin’s unique lens, prompting a wider consideration of humankind’s fragile and often absurd existence.

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L'autore:

Melinda Johnston is the research librarian and exhibition curator for cartoons at the Alexander Turnbull Library in Wellington, New Zealand. She is a former lecturer in art history at the University of Canterbury and the exhibitions manager for the university’s School of Fine Arts.

Product Description:

Barry Cleavin has played a significant role within the New Zealand arts scene since the 1960s. In his prints he maintains a consistently individual approach, with a style that is immediately recognisable yet ranges from lightly humorous parody through to caustic social comment. In Cleavin's world nothing is what it seems: Lateral Inversions invites viewers to explore other ways of seeing and understanding, prompting a wider consideration of our fragile and often absurd existence. Lavishly illustrated with over 120 colour plates, Lateral Inversions draws from Cleavin's vast output to present a major representative survey of his prints and drawings from 1966 through until 2012. Over more than five decades Cleavin has developed thematic groupings, created visual echoes and provided contemporary twists on age-old traditions. Selected works are presented within the context of Cleavin's wider oeuvre, but they are also placed within their social and historical background, demonstrating the range of Cleavin's talent and providing significant new insights into his work and thematic concerns.

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• Editore: Univ of Canterbury
• Data di pubblicazione: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1927145473
• ISBN 13: 9781927145470
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 288