Gavin Turk /anglais: (E) - Hardcover

Collins, J/curtis D

 
9783791348346: Gavin Turk /anglais: (E)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 3791348345 ISBN 13: 9783791348346
Verlag: Prestel, 2013

Inhaltsangabe

Assembled under the artist's direction, this first major book on the work of Gavin Turk showcases more than two decades of extraordinary sculptures, paintings, prints, and installation pieces.Part of the YBA (Young British Artist) movement of the mid-1990s, Gavin Turk has created pioneering works of contemporary art using materials such as painted bronze, wax, and garbage. His installations, sculptures, and images refer to issues of authorship, authenticity, and identity and toy with the art-historical establishment. Featuring numerous color illustrations, the volume includes Turk's major projects since the early 1990s as well as three texts. One of these, an original essay by Iain Sinclair, contextualizes the artist's work under the umbrella of psychogeography, including the impact of London on Turk's persona.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

JUDITH COLLINS is an international authority on sculpture and the author of numerous books, including The Origins of the Romanesque, Eric Gill: The Sculpture, Andy Goldsworthy: Midsummer Snowballs, and Sculpture Today, along with several exhibition catalogues. She is currently working on monographs on Alison Wilding and Eduardo Paolozzi. IAIN SINCLAIR is a British writer and filmmaker. His novel Downriver won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize. He is at work on a new book, American Smoke: Journeys to the End of the Light.

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Assembled under the artist's direction, this first major book on the work of Gavin Turk showcases more than two decades of extraordinary sculptures, paintings, prints, and installation pieces.Part of the YBA (Young British Artist) movement of the mid-1990s, Gavin Turk has created pioneering works of contemporary art using materials such as painted bronze, wax, and garbage. His installations, sculptures, and images refer to issues of authorship, authenticity, and identity and toy with the art-historical establishment. Featuring numerous color illustrations, the volume includes Turk's major projects since the early 1990s as well as three texts. One of these, an original essay by Iain Sinclair, contextualizes the artist's work under the umbrella of psychogeography, including the impact of London on Turk's persona.

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Assembled under the artist's direction, this first major book on the work of Gavin Turk showcases more than two decades of extraordinary sculptures, paintings, prints, and installation pieces. Featuring numerous color illustrations, the volume includes Turk's major projects since the early 1990s as well as two texts. One of these, an original essay by Iain Sinclair, contextualizes the artist's work under the umbrella of psychogeography, including the impact of London on Turk's persona.

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Verlag
Prestel
Erscheinungsdatum
2013
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
3791348345
ISBN 13 
9783791348346
Einband
Tapa dura
Anzahl der Seiten
400
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