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Description for Leon Golub
Hardback. A major retrospective survey of Leon Golub, an American artist noted for his use of symbolism. Newly revised and expanded, this Second Edition contains around 60 new colour images, with more than 200 in total and examines the artist's entire output, from the classically-influenced early paintings, through depictions of conflict. Num Pages: 272 pages, 173 colour illustrations, 35 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AFC; AGB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 288 x 222 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1462.
'I'm trying to invite you into scenes where you might not want to be invited in' - Leon Golub Leon Golub (1922-2004) was a leading exponent of history painting - painting as a narrative, symbolic expression of global, social and political relations and of the realities of power. In this revised and expanded second edition of Leon Golub: Echoes of the Real, Jon Bird examines the artist's work from the classically influenced early paintings through depictions of conflict and masculine aggression to the compelling images of Golub's last two decades. Despite the widespread critical attention Golub's work has received, the ... Read more
'I'm trying to invite you into scenes where you might not want to be invited in' - Leon Golub Leon Golub (1922-2004) was a leading exponent of history painting - painting as a narrative, symbolic expression of global, social and political relations and of the realities of power. In this revised and expanded second edition of Leon Golub: Echoes of the Real, Jon Bird examines the artist's work from the classically influenced early paintings through depictions of conflict and masculine aggression to the compelling images of Golub's last two decades. Despite the widespread critical attention Golub's work has received, the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Reaktion Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781861897831
SKU
V9781861897831
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Ref
99-15
About Jon Bird
Jon Bird is Professor of Art and Critical Theory at Middlesex University. He has edited Rewriting Conceptual Art (1999) and Otherworlds: The Art of Nancy Spero and Kiki Smith (2003), both published by Reaktion.
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