Academy - Hardcover

Brehm, Margrit; Heil, Axel; Laugesen, Peter; Myers, Terry; R., Tal

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 3960981546 ISBN 13: 9783960981541

Publisher: Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther Konig, 2017

Synopsis

Joyously chromatic and brimming with reckless vitality, the paintings, drawings and collages of Danish artist Tal R (born 1967) are anything but academic—hence the ironic title of this overview, which surveys works from the past 20 years of his vast output as well as a series of new works. Tal R has been a storyteller from the outset of his career in the 1990s, always hovering between figuration and abstraction with a special eye for the overlooked, hidden and repressed spaces of modern life. “I do painting a bit like people make a lunch box,” he once declared. “I constantly have this hot-pot boiling and I throw all kinds of material into it.” While the artist is well known as a prolific publisher of artist’s books (usually gathering specific bodies of work), Academy of Tal R is the most substantial overview of his diverse ouevre yet published.

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Joyously chromatic and brimming with reckless vitality, the paintings, drawings and collages of Danish artist Tal R (born 1967) are anything but academic--hence the ironic title of this overview, which surveys works from the past 20 years of his vast output as well as a series of new works. Tal R has been a storyteller from the outset of his career in the 1990s, always hovering between figuration and abstraction with a special eye for the overlooked, hidden and repressed spaces of modern life. I do painting a bit like people make a lunch box," he once declared. "I constantly have this hot-pot boiling and I throw all kinds of material into it. While the artist is well-known as a prolific publisher of artist's books (usually gathering specific bodies of work), Academy of Tal R is the most substantial overview of his diverse practice yet published.

Edition details

• Publisher: Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther Konig
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3960981546
• ISBN 13: 9783960981541
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 224
• Editor: Jorgensen Laerke Rydal, Kold Anders