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Leon Golub Powerplay: The Political Portraits
Jon Bird
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Description for Leon Golub Powerplay: The Political Portraits
Hardback. A complete survey, with two critical essays and commentaries, of the 'Political Portraits' of the American artist Leon Golub. Num Pages: 128 pages, 86 illustrations, 85 in colour. BIC Classification: ACX; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 217 x 18. Weight in Grams: 522.
The American artist Leon Golub (1922-2004) is best known for his iconic history paintings of mercenaries, interrogations, torture scenes and riots of the 1980s and early '90s. Published to accompany an exhibition of Golub's political portraits at the National Portrait Gallery, London, from March to November 2016, curated by Jon Bird, this collection of almost 100 paintings offers a rich survey of his powerful images of world leaders, politicians and other notable personalities.In this book, Jon Bird and Gill Perry show how Golub explored the effects of power upon the body through facial expressions, gestures and poses, and invested his ... Read more
The American artist Leon Golub (1922-2004) is best known for his iconic history paintings of mercenaries, interrogations, torture scenes and riots of the 1980s and early '90s. Published to accompany an exhibition of Golub's political portraits at the National Portrait Gallery, London, from March to November 2016, curated by Jon Bird, this collection of almost 100 paintings offers a rich survey of his powerful images of world leaders, politicians and other notable personalities.In this book, Jon Bird and Gill Perry show how Golub explored the effects of power upon the body through facial expressions, gestures and poses, and invested his ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Reaktion Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
521g
Number of Pages
128
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781780235820
SKU
V9781780235820
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About Jon Bird
Jon Bird is Professor of Art and Critical Theory at Middlesex University. He is author of the critical monograph Leon Golub: Echoes of the Real (Reaktion, 2nd edition 2011), and editor of Rewriting Conceptual Art (Reaktion, 1999) and Otherworlds: The Art of Nancy Spero and Kiki Smith (Reaktion, 2003). Gill Perry is Professor of Art History at the Open University, ... Read more
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