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Trevor Fairbrother - The Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition, 2009 - 9780295989716 - V9780295989716
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The Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition, 2009

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Description for The Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition, 2009 Paperback. Images of celebrities, acquaintances, and friends - in the news, on social networking sites, on the street - are constantly changing. Portraits, on the other hand, slow us down. This title shows the use of portraiture or self-portraiture to explore the complex issues of identity, while also testing the boundaries of figurative art. Num Pages: 79 pages, 56 color illus. BIC Classification: ACXJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 128 x 8. Weight in Grams: 204.

Every day we are inundated with faces. Images of celebrities, acquaintances, and friends--in the news, on social networking sites, on the street--are constantly changing. Portraits, on the other hand, slow us down. They capture the artist's carefully conceived approach to the subject, whether a friend, a loved one, or a self-portrait. For this book and exhibition, the second in an ongoing series, the National Portrait Gallery held an open competition, asking artists throughout the United States to submit likenesses of people close to them. From more than 3,300 entries from every state, a jury of experts chose forty-nine works of ... Read more

The artists shown here use portraiture or self-portraiture to explore complex issues of identity, while they also test the boundaries of figurative art. These faces compel our curiosity and document the dynamic relationship between artist and subject. Ranging from quietly pensive to wildly expressive, these creative approaches to the art of portraiture assert the power of human connections.

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
79
Condition
New
Number of Pages
80
Place of Publication
Seattle, United States
ISBN
9780295989716
SKU
V9780295989716
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