Claudio Bravo

Sullivan, Edward

ISBN 10: 0847806553 / ISBN 13: 9780847806553

Published by Rizzoli, 1986

About this Item

First Printing. Near Fine condition, clean pages. Near Fine dust jacket in a new, clear, protective mylar wrapper. Ships in sturdy cardboard packaging. Booksellers since 1997. [941].

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Claudio Bravo
• Publisher: Rizzoli
• Publication Date: 1986
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0847806553
• ISBN 13: 9780847806553
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Art

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Synopsis

Book by Sullivan, Edward

Reviews

Even when he paints a New York street scene, Bravo's way of seeing and describing is steeped in 15th century Italian art. His best pictures are portraits imbued with Renaissance-like grace and precision. But they are outnumbered by works that are dull or trite, as they are displayed in this illustrated monograph by New York University teacher Sullivan. The Chilean-born artist, who settled in Madrid and is now based in Tangier, exhibits in museums and galleries despite a generally hostile critical press. His surrealistic juxtapositions of unusual and familiar objects are corny, and his photorealist renditions of soccer players, Arabs, rocks and male nudes seem lifeless. Bravo's direct reworkings of Baroque or Renaissance themes, as in Bacchanal and Temptation of St. Anthony, look more often stagy than convincing. He is most original when he depicts a graveyard with astonishing, almost loving clarity or shows a beach in intimate detail. His Infanta, a portrait of a nude hermaphrodite, outrages and amuses as it mocks Spain's royalty.
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