Kurt Jackson Bestiary - Hardcover

Kurt Jackson

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1848221703 ISBN 13: 9781848221703

Publisher: Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd, 2015

Synopsis

Natural history and art have been life-long preoccupations of the leading British painter Kurt Jackson (b.1961). For this book, Jackson has returned to zoology, the subject he studied at university, to create a beautiful bestiary: a body of work about fauna. Bestiaries date back to medieval times when religious instruction promoted the study and interpretation of animal life, often with the aid of elaborate illustrations. Later, the religious framework fell away, as artists and authors including Picasso, Toulouse Lautrec, Guillaume Apollinaire and Jorge Luis Borges used the form as a means of exploring nature, humanity and the relationship between the two. Jackson's contemporary bestiary extends this tradition, looking closely at both everyday and lesser-known species of birds, insects, mammals and fish in order to stimulate readers' connections with and appreciation of the world around them. Combining stunning imagery with commentaries and poems written by the artist, the book gives fascinating insights into the working life of one of the most popular and original artists working in Britain today, and makes a perfect companion to both Kurt Jackson (2012) and Kurt Jackson Sketchbooks (2012/2014).

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Review:

'A magnificent book to turn to again and again. Kurt Jackson Bestiary is among the best reads of 2015.' --Daily Mail

About the Author:

British artist Kurt Jackson's practice involves both plein air and studio work and embraces an extensive range of materials and techniques, including mixed media, large canvases, printmaking and sculpture. He has been Artist-in-Residence on the Greenpeace ship Esperanza, at the Eden Project and at Glastonbury Festival since 1999, and is an Honorary Fellow of St Peter's College, Oxford University. Previous publications on Jackson's work include Kurt Jackson Sketchbooks (2012 and 2014) and Kurt Jackson: A New Genre of Landscape Painting (2010 and 2012). Dr Charlotte Mullins is an art historian, writer and broadcaster. Her current project, Picturing People, a book on contemporary figurative painting, is due to be published in 2015. Her other books include Karin Hanssen: The Borrowed Gaze (2014). Lord Krebs is a zoologist with a particular interest in ecology and behaviour. He has enjoyed a distinguished academic career and is currently Principal of Jesus College, Oxford. He also sits on the UK Climate Change Committee and is a Trustee of the Nuffield Foundation.

About this edition

• Publisher: Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1848221703
• ISBN 13: 9781848221703
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 160