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Painting today / Tony Godfrey.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: London : Phaidon Press, 2014.Description: 447 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 29 cmISBN:
  • 9780714868561:
  • 0714868566
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 759.06
Contents:
The global scene -- Western traditions -- Neo-expressionism -- Photographic -- Pure abstraction -- Ambiguous abstraction -- The figure -- Painting space -- Landscape -- Death and life -- History painting -- Still life -- Installation painting -- The Leipzig school -- Post-feminism -- Painting tomorrow.
Summary: Painting Today is a comprehensive overview of the last 30 years of painting, presenting work by celebrated figures like Gerhard Richter and Neo Rauch alongside emerging artists like Jumaldi Alfi and Ingrid Calame. Photo-realism, landscape, still-life, portraiture, neo-expressionism, installation painting and the Leipzig school are just some of the areas of this thriving art medium explored by Tony Godfrey. Organized by themes, Painting Today showcases the broad range of styles, materials and methods that comprise contemporary painting. Insightful and accessible.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
General Lending Wexford Campus Library Wexford General Lending 759.06 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 80723
General Lending Wexford Campus Library Wexford General Lending 759.06 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 80724

CW057

"First published 2009; reprinted 2010, 2011; reprinted in paperback 2014"--Colophon.

CW038

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The global scene -- Western traditions -- Neo-expressionism -- Photographic -- Pure abstraction -- Ambiguous abstraction -- The figure -- Painting space -- Landscape -- Death and life -- History painting -- Still life -- Installation painting -- The Leipzig school -- Post-feminism -- Painting tomorrow.

Painting Today is a comprehensive overview of the last 30 years of painting, presenting work by celebrated figures like Gerhard Richter and Neo Rauch alongside emerging artists like Jumaldi Alfi and Ingrid Calame. Photo-realism, landscape, still-life, portraiture, neo-expressionism, installation painting and the Leipzig school are just some of the areas of this thriving art medium explored by Tony Godfrey. Organized by themes, Painting Today showcases the broad range of styles, materials and methods that comprise contemporary painting. Insightful and accessible.

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