Tony Bevan - Hardcover

Baranano, Kosme De; Ottmann, Klaus; Sinclair-Wilson, Jonathan; Livingstone, Marco; Bevan, Tony

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0853319510 ISBN 13: 9780853319511

Publisher: Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd, 2006

Synopsis

Tony Bevan (b1951) is a British painter whose work has achieved widespread international recognition and acclaim. This monograph on Bevan's work covers both his paintings and his works on paper. It reproduces over 180 works from Bevan's career: from the early single-figure paintings to the series of Head paintings and paintings of open interiors.

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Synopsis:

Tony Bevan (b.1951) is a British painter whose work has achieved widespread international recognition and acclaim. His work has always followed a distinctly individual course, arresting and disturbing its viewers with its rawness and sense of alienation. His use of charcoal and intensely chromatic acrylic paint gives his painting a distinctively rich, scorched appearance. This is the first major monograph to be published in English on Bevan's work and covers both his paintings and his works on paper. It reproduces over 180 works from Bevan's entire career: from the early single-figure paintings of the 1970s, through the more psychological portraiture of the 1980s and 1990s, to the series of Head paintings and paintings of open interiors produced from the late 1990s. Essays by Klaus Ottmann and Kosme de Baranano consider Bevan's depiction of heads and faces, while Marco Livingstone's interview with the artist examines Bevan's working methods, and Jonathan Sinclair-Wilson's essay places Bevan's work in a wider cultural context. The book also features a detailed, illustrated chronology, lists of exhibitions and public collections, and a select bibliography.

Tony Bevan provides a long-overdue assessment of a major figure in contemporary art, and will be widely welcomed by art professionals and enthusiasts alike.

About the Author:

Kosme de Baranano is Director of the Department of Methodology of Art History at the University of Elche. Klaus Ottmann is an independent curator, writer and philosopher based in New York. Jonathan Sinclair-Wilson runs Earthscan, the leading environmental publisher in the UK, and writes occasionally about art. Marco Livingstone is an art historian and independent curator who has written extensively on contemporary painting, sculpture and photography. Jon Bird is Professor of Art and Critical Theory at Middlesex University and has written extensively on contemporary art.

About this edition

• Publisher: Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0853319510
• ISBN 13: 9780853319511
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 280