Frank Auerbach (b.1931, Berlin) has made some of the most resonant, inventive and perpetually alive paintings, both of people and of the urban landscapes near his studio in Camden Town, London. His intentions have been consistent: 'What I wanted to do was to record the life that seemed to me to be passionate and exciting and disappearing all the time'. This publication will accompany a retrospective of Auerbach's work at Tate Britain and the Bonn Kunstmuseum in 2015. The exhibition is curated by Catherine Lampert (who has ...
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Frank Auerbach (b.1931, Berlin) has made some of the most resonant, inventive and perpetually alive paintings, both of people and of the urban landscapes near his studio in Camden Town, London. His intentions have been consistent: 'What I wanted to do was to record the life that seemed to me to be passionate and exciting and disappearing all the time'. This publication will accompany a retrospective of Auerbach's work at Tate Britain and the Bonn Kunstmuseum in 2015. The exhibition is curated by Catherine Lampert (who has sat for Auerbach since 1978) in close consultation with the artist, and will provide a wholly fresh survey of Auerbach's career. This book will be the only accessible, affordable survey of Auerbach's work on the market Including a new essay by art historian T. J. Clark, the book also features statements from the artist and previously unseen documentary photographs.
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Add this copy of Frank Auerbach: Retrospectiva (1954-1985) to cart. $57.00, very good condition, Sold by Argosy Book Store rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from New York, NY, UNITED STATES, published 1987 by Fundacion para el Apoyo de la Cultura.
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AUERBACH, Frank. Near fine in fine jacket. Text in Spanish. Many color reproductions, some black & white. 83 pages. Thin 4to, tan boards, d.w. Madrid: Fundacion para el Apoyo de la Cultura, (1987). Front endpapers toned, otherwise a fine copy in a fine dust wrapper. Published in conjunction with the exhibition of the same name, shown at the Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, April 10-May 31, 1987.
