Artist David Schutter is an associate professor in the Department of Visual Studies at the University of Chicago. Schutter's project constitutes drawings he created in response to renderings of the human emotions ("passions") by the great French artist Charles Lebrun: these renderings have been used by artists and students for centuries as models of facial expressions. Schutter's practice involves deep engagement with the history of art, memory, the body, affect theory, and more. The book features an introductory essay by the artist himself as well as essays on the work by critics Barry Schwabsky and Dieter Roelstraete"--
A comprehensive overview of the oeuvre of Belgian painter Jan Van Imschoot A comprehensive overview of the oeuvre of Belgian painter Jan Van Imschoot (b. 1963), whose contemporary work builds bridges to predecessors such as Caravaggio, Tintoretto, Goya, and Manet. Van Imschoot's painting consciously opts for a clear, sometimes contradictory and ironic style. The directness of his decisive brushwork and his balanced yet audacious use of color is strikingly contemporary, while his work draws on historical themes from literature and art history. In this way, Van Imschoot engages in a continuous dialogue with the past, in which he, with a dose of cynicism, often targets phenomena or figures that find themselves on the fringes of (contemporary) society. Bringing together more than 220 works by Van Imschoot with five accompanying texts, this book gives fresh insight into the painting practice of this Belgian master.
Salt holds a unique place in Icon's history, being the first artist to exhibit at the gallery in its original Bullring venue in 1965. Since then, his artistic output has been more or less dedicated To The portrayal of cars; a subject rooted in his upbringing in Birmingham, a city of car manufacturing, and then developed while studying for a scholarship at Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore. Salt's early car paintings are reproductions of the slick images found in Buick sales brochures, produced to sell the American Dream. Bride (1969), For example, with its view through the passenger's door, encourages us to linger on the luxurious red upholstery. This booklet has been produced by Ikon Gallery to complement John Salt's exhibition (May - July 2011). it includes illustrations of the exhibited works dating from 1969 - present, and includes texts by Dieter Roelstraete and Jonathan Watkins. Salt holds a unique place in Ikon's history, being the first artist to exhibit at the gallery in its original Bullring venue in 1965.
This exhibition catalog for Italian artist Luca Bertolo (born 1968) features multimedia works created between 2012 and 2017, essays and a conversation with the artist. Paintings, neon signs and videos explore connections between word and image, building upon a theme from Feuerbach explored by the Situationists and Susan Sontag.
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