
Hugo McCloud
Painting
Sean Kelly(Editor)
Hatje Cantz Verlag
1st Edition
Published on 18. January 2017
Book
Hardback
96 pages
978-3-7757-4252-8 (ISBN)
Description
Brooklyn-based artist Hugo McCloud is one of the most prolific young talents working today. Self-taught with a background in industrial design, McCloud's practice is unrestricted by classical, academic tenets. Drawing inspiration from the rawness and decay of the urban landscape, McCloud creates rich, large-scale abstract paintings and sculptural objects by fusing unconventional industrial materials-tar, bitumen, aluminum sheeting and oxidized steel plates-with traditional pigment and woodblock printing techniques. His approach is instinctive and physical, often working on the floor, sanding, hammering and torching his materials until a total metamorphosis takes place. Driven by an enduring desire to uncover beauty in the overlooked and abandoned, McCloud's work pushes the boundaries of utilitarian materials and confronts aesthetic perceptions.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Ostfildern
Germany
Product notice
Trade binding
Illustrations
50 Fotos bzw. Rasterbilder, 0 Abbildungen
60
Dimensions
Height: 28 cm
Width: 23 cm
Thickness: 2 cm
Weight
697 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-7757-4252-8 (9783775742528)
Schweitzer Classification