Philip Reeves

Andreae, Christopher

ISBN 10: 1848221673 / ISBN 13: 9781848221673

Published by Lund Humphries, 2015

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Philip Reeves
• Publisher: Lund Humphries
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1848221673
• ISBN 13: 9781848221673
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Seller catalogs:
  • Art and Design

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Synopsis

Artist Philip Reeves (b.1931, Cheltenham) has lived and worked in Glasgow since the mid-1950s. Landscape and cityscape underpin his artistic vision, which has explored varying degrees of representation and realism, as well as an ever-evolving abstraction. This long overdue book is the first to survey his entire career, covering his printmaking, watercolour painting, drawing, collage and reliefs.

Reeves has brought his own fresh subtlety and distinctiveness to the developing history and expressive potential of abstraction. His printmaking experiments have encompassed both innovative uses of the etching plate and the deployment of found objects. Such work has led to his recognition as an artist of note, particularly in Scotland where he has had many exhibitions. Author Christopher Andreae charts this exhibition history alongside Reeves' impact as a teacher at Glasgow School of Art and as a founding member of print studios in Edinburgh and Glasgow.

The breadth of Reeves's work, illustrated extensively here for the first time, may surprise even those who know and like his art. Those who are yet to encounter the oeuvre will find in Philip Reeves a fascinating introduction to a highly inventive artist.

About the Author

Christopher Andreae wrote about art from the early 1960s onwards, in books and shorter pieces of journalism. He is the author of Mary Fedden: Enigmas and Variations (2007 and 2014), Joan Eardley (2013), Mary Newcomb (1996 and 2007), A Word or Two (a collection of essays published in 2004) and Winifred Nicholson (2009).