ISBN: 9781908970091 - the many faces of jonathan yeo (6 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Jonathan Yeo is one of Britains best-known portrait painters. Over more than a decade, he has gained an international reputation for painting some of the most famous faces of our age. Models and movie stars, artists and actors, politicians and princes all have been the subject of his iconic, and often ironic, portraits. Nicole Kidman, Dennis Hopper, Kevin Spacey, Stephen Fry, Damien Hirst, Sienna Miller, Rupert Murdoch, Grayson Perry, Tony Blair and Prince Philip are just a selection of the many household names who have sat for Yeo. Renowned for his distinctive, highly figurative canvases and controversial collages, he employs a range of media and techniques to create a diverse body of work that expands the traditions of portraiture while examining contemporary perceptions of beauty, celebrity and power. Coinciding with a retrospective exhibition at Londons National Portrait Gallery, The Many Faces of Jonathan Yeo is the first major publication on the artist. Featuring his most popular paintings, drawings, collages and prints, the book also presents several new canvases made especially for the show. Alongside his intimate portraits of well-known sitters are dramatic and unsettling studies of cosmetic-surgery patients that document the compulsive and painful pursuit of physical perfection. Dozens of studio shots and photographs of works in progress reveal Yeos working practice and chart the process of creating individual portraits. Numerous contributions from his subjects lift the lid on what it is like to be scrutinized by the artists exacting, forensic eye and to have oneself captured on canvas for ever. Martin Gayford discusses Yeos work within the history of society portraiture, while a wide-ranging interview between the artist and Sarah Howgate, curator of the National Portrait Gallery show considers why in our image-saturated world of instant celebrity, the slowly hand-crafted portrait matters more than ever. Not just a monograph on a single artist, this book is also an enlightening exploration of the state of portraiture today and gives an insight into the risks faced by both portraitist and sitter. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. VG condition book with dust jacket. DJ is clean with a tear. Book has clean and bright contents.

Zustand: Poor. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. Dust jacket in good condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,1600grams, ISBN:9781908970091.…

Hardcover. Zustand: As New. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: As New. 1st Edition. Clean, unmarked, sharp corners, firm hinges with DJ in NF condition. BP/Artists.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. 1st Edition. Dustwrapper, 4to, pp.240. Colour plates, very many full page. Published to accompany the exhibition " Jonathan Yeo Portraits " at the National Portrait Gallery in 2013, the first major publication about this portrait artist with some previously unseen works included. Many of his subjects make contributions to the text, and there are also short essays from Damien Hirst, Martin Gayford, Giles Coren and an interview conducted by Sarah Howgate. Clean and sound, fine in fine dustwrapper. A heavy book weighing c1850g when suitably parcelled, thus exceeding the default weight of 1000g for the postage quotation, and invoking a request for the extra postage at cost at time of order ( or can be supplied on request ) if to be sent overseas or by UK 1st class post ( 2nd class UK not affected ). Yeo, Jonathan (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. Signed by Yeo on title page, very clean, tight and bright. Signed by Artist.