Nature morte : contemporary artists reinvigorate the still-life tradition : with 391 illustrations, 366 in colour / Michael Petry.

By:

Petry, Michael, 1960

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: London : Thames & Hudson, 2013.Description: 288 pagina\'s. : illustraties. ; 29 x 24 cmISBN:

0500239061 (hbk)
9780500239063 (hbk)

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

758.4 PET

Contents:

Revisiting the still life -- Flora -- Food -- House & Home -- Fauna -- Death.

Subject: Revisiting the still life -- Flora -- Food -- House & Home -- Fauna -- Death.Subject: This book reveals how leading artists of the 21st century are reinvigorating the still life, a genre previously synonymous with the sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Old Masters. Michael Petrys careful curation of this exciting revamp celebrates works by emerging and established artists alike, from all over the globe, including John Currin, Elmgreen & Dragset, Renata Hegyi, Damien Hirst, David Hockney, Jeff Koons, Beatriz Milhazes, Gabriel Orozco, Elizabeth Peyton, Marc Quinn, Sam Taylor- Wood and Ai Weiwei. Short but compelling introductions begin each chapter and are followed by dramatic, visually led spreads that pair each work with a perceptive reading of its significance to the still-life tradition

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Standard Loan	LSAD Library Main Collection	758.4 PET (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		39002100561878

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

This richly rewarding book reveals how leading artists of the twenty-first century are reinvigorating the still life, a genre previously synonymous with the sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Old Masters. The audacious still lifes celebrated here challenge that historical supremacy and redefine what it means to be a work of nature morte, or "dead nature." Whether through painting, drawing, sculpture, video, or other forms, contemporary artists have drawn on the tradition to create works of conceptual vivacity, beauty, and emotional poignancy.

Michel Petry has structured the book according to the classic categories of the still-life tradition--Flora, Food, House and Home, Fauna, and Death. Each chapter explores how the timeless symbolic resonance of the memento mori--a reminder of death, change, and the passing of time--has been rediscovered for a new millennium. Among the artists represented are John Currin, Saara Ekström, Elmgreen & Dragset, Renata Hegyi, Damien Hirst, David Hockney, Gary Hume, Jeff Koons, McDermott & McGough, Beatriz Milhazes, Gabriel Orozco, Marc Quinn, Sam Taylor-Wood, and Cy Twombly.

Met lit.opg. en index.

Revisiting the still life -- Flora -- Food -- House & Home -- Fauna -- Death.

This book reveals how leading artists of the 21st century are reinvigorating the still life, a genre previously synonymous with the sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Old Masters. Michael Petrys careful curation of this exciting revamp celebrates works by emerging and established artists alike, from all over the globe, including John Currin, Elmgreen & Dragset, Renata Hegyi, Damien Hirst, David Hockney, Jeff Koons, Beatriz Milhazes, Gabriel Orozco, Elizabeth Peyton, Marc Quinn, Sam Taylor- Wood and Ai Weiwei. Short but compelling introductions begin each chapter and are followed by dramatic, visually led spreads that pair each work with a perceptive reading of its significance to the still-life tradition

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Michael Petry is an artist, author, and Director of the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA)London, and Guest Curator for culture agency Futurecity. He has authored and co-authored anumber of books including The Trouble With Michael and Nature Morte: Contemporary ArtistsReinvigorate the Still-Life Tradition.