David Breuer-Weil : Radical Visionary Hardback
by Monica Bohm-Duchen, James Hyman, Ben Hanly, Susie Stanton Staikos, Richard Aronowicz, Simon Blomfield, John Russell Taylor
Hardback
Description
The first complete monograph devoted to the work of one of Britain’s most powerful and original contemporary artists.
David Breuer-Weil studied at the Central Saint Martins School of Art and Clare College, Cambridge.
From the late 1980’s until the late 1990’s he worked as a specialist in Impressionist, Modern and Contemporary art at Sotheby’s, London and as a curator for de Pury and Luxembourg Art in Geneva.
He subsequently embarked on the epic series of apocalyptic works now known as the Project, over three hundred monumental paintings, a cycle that is arguably one of the most profound and consistent achievements in recent British painting.
His determination to produce an art that deals with momentous and challenging themes is a reaction to a world he knows well, in which “art often seems to be reduced to a commodity”: “In my own work I consciously avoided the high polish, commercial, slick look of much contemporary art.
I wanted to produce colossal, un-commercialized images of existential doubt”.
This lavishly illustrated monograph presents a collection of paintings, drawings, sculptures, installations and studio shots.
Information
-
Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:400 pages, Illustrated in colour and black and white throughout
- Publisher:Skira
- Publication Date:15/08/2011
- Category:
- ISBN:9788857208633
Information
-
Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:400 pages, Illustrated in colour and black and white throughout
- Publisher:Skira
- Publication Date:15/08/2011
- Category:
- ISBN:9788857208633
