Nature Morte

Contemporary artists reinvigorate the Still-Life tradition
Michael Petry, 2016
Paperback
Nature Morte: Contemporary artists reinvigorate the Still-Life tradition
Publisher: Thames and Hudson
Dimensions: 27.5 x 22.7 cm
Pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780500292235
£ 60.00

 

This visually stunning book reveals how leading artists of the twenty-first century are reinvigorating the still life, a genre previously synonymous with the sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Old Masters.

 

Michael Petry’s careful curation celebrates works by emerging and established artists alike, from all over the globe, including Alexander James Hamilton, John Currin, Elmgreen & Dragset, Renata Hegyi, Damien Hirst, David Hockney, Jeff Koons, Beatriz Milhazes, Gabriel Orozco, Elizabeth Peyton, Marc Quinn, Sam Taylor-Wood and Ai Weiwei.

 

Short but compelling introductions begin each chapter and are followed by dramatic, visually led spreads that pair each work with a perceptive reading of its significance to the still-life tradition.

 

'A cabinet of curiosities, both beautiful and weird' - Peter Conrad, Observer

 

'Highlights the rich tradition that looms behind even the starkest conceptual art' - World of Interiors