Keith Cunningham: Sky Studies, Volume II
Published on 2. October 2025
Book
Hardback
416 pages
978-1-911736-27-1 (ISBN)
Description
Keith Cunningham: Sky Studies, Volume II continues the exploration of the artist's profound engagement with the sky as a site of emotional and visual inquiry. Presenting over 1,500 full-colour reproductions, this second volume spans the early 1990s to the final years of Cunningham's artistic output, revealing a body of work marked by increasing subtlety, depth and introspection.
These late studies, executed largely in watercolour, demonstrate a distilled, meditative approach. Shifting between luminous washes and stark monochromes, the skies in these works are not just observed but felt - fleeting atmospheres rendered with restraint and sensitivity.
Organised chronologically and captioned with details of date, size and medium, the volume traces a period of sustained focus and refinement, reflecting on Cunningham's evolving relationship with landscape and light. Sky Studies, Volume II conveys the artist's enduring curiosity and creative intensity, bringing to the fore a lesser-known but deeply resonant facet of his legacy.
These late studies, executed largely in watercolour, demonstrate a distilled, meditative approach. Shifting between luminous washes and stark monochromes, the skies in these works are not just observed but felt - fleeting atmospheres rendered with restraint and sensitivity.
Organised chronologically and captioned with details of date, size and medium, the volume traces a period of sustained focus and refinement, reflecting on Cunningham's evolving relationship with landscape and light. Sky Studies, Volume II conveys the artist's enduring curiosity and creative intensity, bringing to the fore a lesser-known but deeply resonant facet of his legacy.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
1522 full colour illustrations; 1522 Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 297 mm
Width: 315 mm
Thickness: 41 mm
Weight
3379 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-911736-27-1 (9781911736271)
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Keith Cunningham (1929-2014) was born in Sydney, Australia. He worked as a graphic designer before moving to London in 1949 where he studied at the Central School of Design (1949-51, now Central Saint Martins) and the Royal College of Art (1952-55). Cunningham continued to paint, but kept his work private, until the end of his life. At the time of his death, his paintings were discovered at his flat in Battersea and debuted in an exhibition at Damien Hirst's Newport Street Gallery in London, 2022.
Dr Laura Scalabrella Spada completed her PhD at University College London in the Department of History of Art in 2020. Her research focuses on early modern European art, with a particular emphasis on the body and its processes, boundaries and relations. She has published papers on politics of corporeality and animation in early modern prints and currently works as an independent researcher.
Dr Laura Scalabrella Spada completed her PhD at University College London in the Department of History of Art in 2020. Her research focuses on early modern European art, with a particular emphasis on the body and its processes, boundaries and relations. She has published papers on politics of corporeality and animation in early modern prints and currently works as an independent researcher.