David Sylvester

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Picturing Artists, 1950s-1960s: Photographs By Dan Budink

David Sylvester; Irving Sandler; James Enyeart

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London Recordings

David Sylvester

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Entrevista Con Francis Bacon

David Sylvester

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About Modern Art

David Sylvester

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Interviews With American Artists

David Sylvester

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Outside

David Sylvester; Georg Baselitz; Stefan Ratibor

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Jeff Koons: Easy Fun-Ethereal

David Sylvester; Jeff Koons; Robert Rosenblum

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Vision: 50 Years of British Creativity

David Sylvester; David Hockney; Michael Craig-Martin; Melvyn Bragg; Martin Harrison; Christopher Frayling; Nicholas Serota

The second half of the twentieth century has seen British artists, architects, and designers assuming a central role on the world stage. Starting in the years of reconstruction after the war, the young began to challenge accepted artistic values, looking at popular culture for their inspiration; the iconoclasm of the Pop movement has continued to be one of the most vital ingredients of the British art scene. In the year-by-year record that this book provides, the work of newcomers making their first impact is seen alongside that of outstanding artists in their maturity, with connections and contradictions across the entire visual scene -- from architecture, interior design, furniture, and the decorative arts to painting, sculpture, and graphic art. Pictures and text explore the many factors that contributed to the special character of British art. The unique system of artists teaching in art schools, the worlds of fashion and pop music, political and social developments: the response of the best artists to these influences has always been original and questioning and has opened new avenues for future development. The book is organized by decade, and the achievements of each are highlighted by statements from a distinguished group of artists, designers, collectors, and critics who have themselves made a significant contribution to each decade. Encouragement, challenge, and opposition have all provided stimulus for creative talents that have been able to override the changes of taste and fashion. The book features the work of more than 250 artists, from Henry Moore, David Hockney, Francis Bacon, and Lucian Freud to James Stirling, Richard Rogers, Neville Brody, and Damien Hint. Thepublication is also a celebration of the first fifty years of Thames and Hudson -- founded by Walter Neurath in 1949 -- and the role that the publishing house has played in educating the public and supporting the arts during this period.

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Francis Bacon: Working on Paper

David Sylvester; Francis Bacon; Matthew Gale

Francis Bacon (1909-1992) is widely regarded as the most important painter of the figure in the second half of the 20th century. Bacon is inimitable in his style, and his fatalistic dedication to his work remains enormously influential today. His paintings invariably show contorted figures in strenuous activities. The paint was applied lusciously with brush, rag, and hand to evoke the sensuality of the flesh, but the intensity of the figures came to be interpreted as revealing the psychological upheavals of the subjects in the post-war era of "extreme situations." As controversy bred an international reputation over a 50-year career, Bacon became one of the most critically discussed artists of his generation. Despite this scrutiny, he managed to keep his working drawings almost completely secret by simply denying that he made them.

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Henry Moore: Complete Sculpture Sculpture 1980-86

David Sylvester; Henry Moore; Alan Bowness

This revision of Volume 6 of Moore's sculptures includes previously unpublished materials. Detailed catalogue information is provided on every work of sculpture produced during Moore's final era. The plate section features large format illustrations of the major works, often from several view points. A complete listing of public collections not only reveals the impressive geographic spread of the artist's work, but enables readers to pinpoint the nearest museums featuring Moore's work.

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Alex Katz: Twenty Five Years of Painting

David Sylvester; Alex Katz; Lawrence Alloway; Merlin James; Saatchi Gallery

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Patrick Heron

David Sylvester; Patrick Heron; Martin Gayford; A. S. Byatt; Tate Gallery

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Francis Bacon: The Human Body

David Sylvester

Bacon is widely acknowledged as one of the greatest British artists of this century. Leading Bacon scholar David Sylvester brings together many of the artist's best paintings involving the human figure--the central subject of this book.

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Other editions: 1998

Rene Magritte, Catalogue Raisonne

David Sylvester; Rene Magritte; Sarah Whitfield

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Looking at Giacometti

David Sylvester

Alberto Giacometti (1901-1966) was one of the century's greatest sculptors and painters. Famous in the 1930s for his surrealist sculptures, he suddenly isolated himself and began to make and remake various pieces and paintings, wrestling with complex problems of perception and representation. By the mid-1950s he had established his reputation as one of the most startlingly original artists of the 20th century. This 40-year critique by David Sylvester is a profound response to Giacometti's art. 32 pp b&w photos by Patricia Matisse.

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Other editions: Hardcover - 1996, 1994

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About Modern Art: Critical Essays, 1948-1997

David Sylvester

This retrospective collection of a critic's lifetime in art explores the works of modern art's innovators with striking originality. Included are essays on modernism's giantsCezanne, Matisse, Duchamp, Picasso, and Pollock. With a startlingly fresh perspective, these essays investigate a wide range of contemporary artists, such as Johns and Oldenburg, who have defined the ambiguities of our age and used art as a form of meditation about art's relation to reality.

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Jasper Johns Flags: 1955-1994

David Sylvester; Jasper Johns

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William Turnbull: Sculpture and Paintings

David Sylvester; William Turnbull; Patrick Elliott; Serpentine Gallery

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About Modern Art: Critical Essays, 1948-96

David Sylvester

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Rene Magritte: Catalogue Raisonne Gouaches, Temperas, Watercolours and Papiers Colles 1918-1967

David Sylvester; Sarah Whitfield; Michael Raeburn; Rene Magritte

The Belgian painter Rene Magritte was an outstanding figure in the Surrealist movement and is surely one of this century's major artists. Since the 1960s his work has had a massive and continuing influence, not only on art, but on the imagery of popular culture.

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Rene Magritte: Catalogue Raisonne Oil Paintings, Objects, and Bronzes 1949-1967

David Sylvester; Rene Magritte; Sarah Whitfield; Michael Raiblern

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Willem De Kooning: Paintings

David Sylvester; Marla Prather; Richard Shiff

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Henry Moore: Complete Sculpture Sculpture 1974-1980

David Sylvester; Henry Moore

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Magritte

David Sylvester

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Willem De Kooning: Paintings

David Sylvester; Richard Shiff; Marla Prather

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