Dunlap - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1578069041 ISBN 13: 9781578069040

Publisher: University Press of Mississippi, 2006

Synopsis

When art reviewers have attempted to pin him down, Mississippi-born artist William Dunlap has called what he does ""hypothetical realism."" ""These places and situations don't exist, but they could,"" he says. As the book Dunlap demonstrates, the artist and his work resist classification. Images of animals, flowers, Old Masters, found objects, and artifacts explode from traditional, pastoral landscapes. On the margins, in the middle ground, or in a dark lowering sky, foggy letters whisper a witty aside or reveal a crucial place name. Dunlap creates surreal, disturbing, and sometimes humorous interpretations of the American landscape in paintings, sculptures, constructions, and mixed-media installations. He is a preeminent portrayer of place, especially his native South. His work is included in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Lauren Rogers Museum of Art, Corcoran Gallery of Art, and United States embassies throughout the world. He has had solo exhibitions at the Cheekwood Museum of Art, Mississippi Museum of Art, Gibbes Museum of Art, Ogden Museum of Southern Art, Morris Museum of Art, Contemporary Art Center in New Orleans, and other museums and galleries. Dunlap is also widely known for his generous advocacy of artists, for his efforts to increase public awareness of the importance of art, and for his work to secure funding for the arts. Dunlap includes more than 100 full-color reproductions and features work from every stage of a career spanning more than three decades. An essay by J. Richard Gruber, director of the Ogden Museum of Southern Art, gives both an overview of Dunlap's career and establishes the artist in the context of contemporary American art. The book strengthens William Dunlap's reputation as a major American artist. William Dunlap maintains studios in McLean, Virginia; Mathiston, Mississippi; and Coral Gables, Florida. J. Richard Gruber is director of the Ogden Museum of Southern Art in New Orleans. He is the author of American Icons: From Madison to Manhattan, the Art of Benny Andrews, 1948-1997 and Stackhouse. Julia Reed is a senior writer at Vogue and a contributing editor at Newsweek and the author of Queen of the Turtle Derby and Other Southern Phenomena.

About this title

Synopsis:

When critics have attempted to pin him down, William Dunlap has called what he does "hypothetical realism". "These places and situation don't exist, but they could" he says. As this book demonstrates, the artist and his work resist classification. Images of animals, flowers, Old Masters, found objects, and artifacts explode from traditional, pastoral landscapes. Dunlap creates surreal, disturbing, and sometimes humorous interpretations of the American landscape. He is a pre-eminent portrayer of place. His work is featured in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Corcoran Gallery of Art, and in US embassies around the world. "Dunlap" includes more than 100 full-colour reproductions and features work from every stage of a career spanning three decades.

About the Author:

William Dunlap has distinguished himself as an artist, arts commentator and educator. His works are included in prestigious collections and many corporations. Honoured in his field, he has received awards and fellowships from the Rockefeller Foundation and Warhol Foundation, to name just two.

About this edition

• Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 1578069041
• ISBN 13: 9781578069040
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 277