Academy of Tal R

ISBN 10: 3960981546 / ISBN 13: 9783960981541

Published by Koenig Books, 2017

About this Item

223pp, b/w and colour illus., list of works. Excellent tight clean copy. GLS 04/26.

Seller Inventory # ABE-1775699827461

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Academy of Tal R
• Publisher: Koenig Books
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3960981546
• ISBN 13: 9783960981541
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Fine
• Dimensions: 2.29W x 24.64H x 29.46D centimeters 2.29 centimeters width by 24.64 centimeters height by 29.46 centimeters depth
• Weight: 1361 grams
• Seller catalogs:
  • Art

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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.