This delightful collection allows everyone to enjoy firsthand the provocative methods used by the artists and poets of the Surrealist school to break through conventional thought and behavior to a deeper truth. Invented and played by such artists as André Breton, Rene Magritte, and Max Ernst, these gems still produce results ranging from the hilarious to the mysterious and profound.
How to Think Like a Modern Artist
Make art as modern artists do! A quirky collection of games and techniques inspired by modern art to encourage the creative impulse, from the creators of Mind Games and Psychobox. It is one of the great liberating ideas of modern art that everyone is a creative being capable of making art. But all too often a mechanical education stifles the creative impulse, induces anxiety, and represses the imagination. Making art is a form of play with techniques, rules, and strategies--and everyone can play! Art Rules! (And How to Break Them) liberates you to make art as modern artists do. You learn from the inside how modern art works and how to look at it, creatively, with new eyes. This box set answers the questions what is modern art? and how does it work? It is an education and an inspiration. There is nothing like it. Box set containing a 64-page booklet, Modern Art: Inside Out, and 42 interactive cards that encourage you to try modern art techniques yourself--including collage, photographic games, picture poems, surrealist games, and more.
Born in British Guiana in 1934, Bowling arrived in England in his late teens, going on to study at the Royal College of Art alongside David Hockney and Derek Boshier. By the early 1960s he was recognised as an original force in the London art scene, with a style that combined abstract elements. This title deals with the art of Frank Bowling.
Mick Moon RA was born in Edinburgh in 1937 and grew up in Blackpool. Moon's paintings and prints combine a wide variety of media and techniques in complex and intriguing layers. The art historian Mel Gooding provides an authoritative insight into his practice and a definitive overview of his career.
One of Plecnik's finest and most exuberant mature works, the Library exemplifies his eccentric Mannerist style and synthesizes both Classical and vernacular sources. It is also unquestionably his most significant building in his native Slovenia.
For the past four decades, a resilient strand of contemporary art has emerged, where artists embrace the natural environment as their context and inspiration, distinct from traditional landscape painting. This work showcases six significant contemporary artists who engage with the landscape, utilizing natural materials and processes. Their methods emphasize observation and reflection rather than intrusion, setting them apart from the American Land Art movement. Herman de Vries, Chris Drury, Ian Hamilton Finlay, Nikolaus Lang, Richard Long, and Giuseppe Pennone, while not belonging to a specific school, share a deep empathy for nature and a commitment to working outside urban modernist contexts. Interviews with the artists, conducted by William Furlong, reveal diverse motivations and striking similarities in their concerns and methods. An introductory essay by Mel Gooding situates these artists within historical and contemporary frameworks, discussing others like Josef Beuys and Andy Goldsworthy. This richly illustrated book addresses the need for more information on a field of contemporary art that, despite its warm reception, often remains inaccessible to the public due to its character and remote locations. It is essential reading for those interested in contemporary European art and will appeal to anyone drawn to the natural environment.
Land Art ist Landschaftsmalerei mit der Natur als Medium. Land Art ist die Kunst, die gesamte Umwelt in den Schaffensprozess zu integrieren. Land Art reicht vom puren Finden und Beobachten der Kunst in der Natur bis zu großflächigen Land-Rearrangements per Bulldozer. Das Buch "Erde, Wasser, Licht. Europäische Land Art" behandelt die sanfte Richtung der Kunst, es stellt fünf berühmte europäische Künstler vor, die in ihren Werken die Natur eher reflektieren als verändern. Mel Gooding hat sie ausgesucht, der Maler William Furlong hat sie interviewt: herman de vries, Chris Drury, Nikolaus Lang, Richard Long und Giuseppe Penone sind keiner einheitlichen Stilrichtung zuzurechnen; was sie aber verbindet, ist ihre Liebe zur Natur und ihr Entschluss, außerhalb des städtischen Kontextes zu arbeiten, dessen Erfahrungswelt den größten Teil der modernen Kunstszene prägt. Der prächtige Bildband bietet ausführliche Hintergrundinformationen zu einer Richtung der zeitgenössischen Kunst, deren Werke sich auf Grund ihrer außergewöhnlichen Beschaffenheit oder entlegenen Standorte häufig den Blicken der Öffentlichkeit entziehen. Der opulent bebilderte Band (146 Fotos in Farbe und Quadraton, darunter auch Bilder von Andy Goldsworthy, Bruce McLean, David Nash, Roger Ackling u.a.) ist ein Muss für alle, die sich für zeitgenössische Kunst interessieren, und ein Genuss für alle, die die Natur lieben.
