George Shaw – A Corner of a Foreign Field (Icons of the Luso-Hispanic World) - Hardcover

Hallett, Mark

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0300236646 ISBN 13: 9780300236644

Publisher: Yale University Press, 2018

Synopsis

Nominated for the Turner Prize in 2011, George Shaw (b. 1966) is one of Britain’s leading contemporary painters, best known for his painstakingly detailed, luminous, and often elegiac representations of the British suburban landscape. Beautifully designed and generously illustrated, this book is the first to explore the entirety of Shaw’s artistic output, which spans three decades. Beginning with his work at the Royal College of Art in the 1990s and ending with his most recent paintings, this volume places Shaw’s work within the context of contemporary culture, from the traditions of English landscape painting to the repercussions of Brexit. An introductory essay and comprehensive catalogue texts by Mark Hallett are accompanied by essays on the artist’s work by Tom Crow, Catherine Lampert, David Mellor, and Eugenie Shinkle. An interview between Shaw and the celebrated contemporary artist Jeremy Deller offers insight into this work from the perspective of the artist himself, while a fully illustrated chronology details the entirety of his career.

Published in association with the Yale Center for British Art and the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art

Exhibition Schedule:

Yale Center for British Art
(10/04/18–12/30/18)

Holburne Museum, Bath
(02/08/19–05/06/19)

About this title

About the Author

Mark Hallett is director of studies at the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art.

Edition details

• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0300236646
• ISBN 13: 9780300236644
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 360