
George Shaw
My Back to Nature
George Shaw(Author)
National Gallery Company Ltd (Publisher)
Published on 5. May 2016
Book
Hardback
104 pages
978-1-85709-603-3 (ISBN)
Description
In 2014, the contemporary painter George Shaw (b. 1966) began a two-year post as associate artist in the National Gallery, London. This book documents his experiences there, as well as the work he produced in response to the Gallery's collection. Shaw is known for his minutely detailed and luminously atmospheric depictions of the urban landscape and woodlands of central England. Painting scenes from his native region, Shaw meditates on the central themes of relationships, ancestry, and love. His preferred medium, Humbrol enamel paint, is a deliberate means of distancing himself from the traditions of oil painting-and, it might seem, from the values embedded in the National Gallery itself. Yet as a teenager in Coventry, Shaw was fascinated by the Gallery, traveling regularly to London to draw from those artists he found inspiring. This engaging volume reproduces his first series of paintings on canvas, together with working drawings and an essay by the artist himself.
Published by National Gallery Company/distributed by Yale University Press
Exhibition Schedule:
The National Gallery, London
(05/11/16-10/30/16)
Published by National Gallery Company/distributed by Yale University Press
Exhibition Schedule:
The National Gallery, London
(05/11/16-10/30/16)
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Product notice
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
60 color illus.
Dimensions
Height: 241 mm
Width: 260 mm
Weight
853 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-85709-603-3 (9781857096033)
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Persons
George Shaw is the ninth Rootstein Hopkins Associate Artist and Colin Wiggins is special projects curator at the National Gallery, London.