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Synopsis
Although Peter Doig has had many publications dedicated to his oeuvre, this one focuses solely on his works on paper, examining the artist's themes of the past 12 years. Doig's signature atmospheric works have helped to revive the popularity of figurative painting, a genre lately overshadowed by photography and video art. Inspired by many pictorial models from painting to film to photography, Doig distills images to create works that possess an ephemeral, timeless quality, while he visits notions of recollection and fantasy. With approximately 100 images, many of them reproduced here for the first time, this book provides a comprehensive view of the celebrated artist's work to date. Instead of an art historical text, Doig's images are accompanied by a suite of short stories written by Margaret Atwood exclusively for this publication.
Short stories by Margaret Atwood.
Hardcover, 8.25 x 10 in./148 pgs / 100 color.
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About the Author
Richard Shiff is Effie Marie Cain Regents Chair in Art at The University of Texas at Austin.
Review
"Landscape painting, so often pronounced dead, comes back to ghostly life in the haunting and haunted scenes of Peter Doig."-The Independent "As part of Phaidon's Contemporary Artists series, Peter Doig provides a comprehensive look at the artist's oeuvre."-Men's Vogue On the Contemporary Artists Series "The boldest, best executed, and most far-reaching publishing project devoted to contemporary art. These books will revolutionize the way contemporary art is presented and written about."-Artforum "The combination of intelligent analysis, personal insight, useful facts and plentiful pictures is a superb format invaluable for specialists but also interesting for casual readers, it makes these books a must for the library of anyone who cares about contemporary art."-Time Out "A unique series of informative monographs on individual artists."-The Sunday Times "Gives the reader the impression of a personal encounter with the artists. Apart from the writing which is lucid and illuminating, it is undoubtedly the wealth of lavish illustrations which makes looking at these books a satisfying entertainment."-The Art Book
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