Rodney Graham. Wet on Wet
My Late Early Styles (pt. 1: the Middle Period)
König, Walther (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 7. November 2007
Book
Hardback
40 pages
978-3-86560-343-2 (ISBN)
Description
Rodney Graham defi es categorisation by employing multiple styles and by working in diverse media including photography, film, performance, music and text. Wet on Wet: My Late Early
Styles presents a new body of worksreflecting on the practice of painting. For Wet on Wet Graham adopts the eccentric persona of the "gifted amateur", a recurrent fi gure in his recent work. The
works encompass a variety of styles, as Graham places painting in the context of post-medium practice. The artist credits music with informing much of his work. A musician himself, he views his role as an artist as an extension of the idea of performance. Graham's work examines social and philosophical systems of thought, in particular those derived from the transition of the Enlightenment
into Modernism. Underlying each work is a historical context through which a complex narrative incorporates literary and philosophic references and visual puns.
Styles presents a new body of worksreflecting on the practice of painting. For Wet on Wet Graham adopts the eccentric persona of the "gifted amateur", a recurrent fi gure in his recent work. The
works encompass a variety of styles, as Graham places painting in the context of post-medium practice. The artist credits music with informing much of his work. A musician himself, he views his role as an artist as an extension of the idea of performance. Graham's work examines social and philosophical systems of thought, in particular those derived from the transition of the Enlightenment
into Modernism. Underlying each work is a historical context through which a complex narrative incorporates literary and philosophic references and visual puns.