ELIZABETH PEYTON BOOK (ENGLISH)
WHITE|3335/054/250
£ 69.99
WHITE|3335/054/250
Elizabeth Peyton’s work has been renowned since the early 1990s, when she began exhibiting her paintings and drawings of artists, musicians, historical figures, and friends. This new volume, prepared by the artist in collaboration with designer Brendan Dugan, founder of Karma bookstore and gallery, presents a concentrated and fundamental look at a key period of her career.
The book covers a period bookended by two exhibitions in Brussels, one in 2009 and the second in 2014, a time of introspection, and the development of a more personal painterly language. An evolution towards a new realism new realism and a considered situating of her interests and passions in relation to her own working practice.
We see her range expand to take in lush still lifes composed of books, flowers, and fragmentary interiors; intense, expressive scenes drawn from Richard Wagner’s operas; and many magnificent and subtle portraits. From David Bowie to celebrated tenor Jonas Kaufmann; from Delacroix and Giorgione to Peyton’s artist peers such as Matthew Barney and Klara Liden; from actor Taylor Kitsch to tattoo artist Scott Campbell, as well as numerous self-portraits.
Beyond the names, her work is about narrowing the distance between the self and the object of fascination. Her portraits are essentially an exploration of what it is to be human, an attempt to give voice to emotion and to capture the sentiment of an era. As the artist herself describes, "most art that’s any good is trying to do that: trying to put a voice —or images— to feeling".
Language: English.
The book covers a period bookended by two exhibitions in Brussels, one in 2009 and the second in 2014, a time of introspection, and the development of a more personal painterly language. An evolution towards a new realism new realism and a considered situating of her interests and passions in relation to her own working practice.
We see her range expand to take in lush still lifes composed of books, flowers, and fragmentary interiors; intense, expressive scenes drawn from Richard Wagner’s operas; and many magnificent and subtle portraits. From David Bowie to celebrated tenor Jonas Kaufmann; from Delacroix and Giorgione to Peyton’s artist peers such as Matthew Barney and Klara Liden; from actor Taylor Kitsch to tattoo artist Scott Campbell, as well as numerous self-portraits.
Beyond the names, her work is about narrowing the distance between the self and the object of fascination. Her portraits are essentially an exploration of what it is to be human, an attempt to give voice to emotion and to capture the sentiment of an era. As the artist herself describes, "most art that’s any good is trying to do that: trying to put a voice —or images— to feeling".
Language: English.
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