"I am a little bit like Doctor Frankenstein because I create my pictures with the remains and dead parts of other artists' works." So says the rising London painter, Glenn Brown, while essayist Tom Morton likens Brown's canvases to a zombie comedy. Thus, "Theater" is a half-length portrait of a skeleton whose bones resemble a slimy organic mass of meat, paste and raspberry ice cream, while the sad mutant heads in "Asylums of Mars" and "The Hinterland" look as if they were bred in a mad geneticist's laboratory. In this ...
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"I am a little bit like Doctor Frankenstein because I create my pictures with the remains and dead parts of other artists' works." So says the rising London painter, Glenn Brown, while essayist Tom Morton likens Brown's canvases to a zombie comedy. Thus, "Theater" is a half-length portrait of a skeleton whose bones resemble a slimy organic mass of meat, paste and raspberry ice cream, while the sad mutant heads in "Asylums of Mars" and "The Hinterland" look as if they were bred in a mad geneticist's laboratory. In this monograph, six recent works are presented on deluxe tipped-in color plates, each accompanied by a detail that reveals Brown's technique: the artist fills his grounds with flowing whirlpools of shifting colors--but what initially look like thick brushstrokes are revealed upon closer examination to be very thin layers of paint that could almost be mistaken for photographs or digitally manipulated prints.
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First Edition. Hardback. No Dust Jacket. 4to. pp 180. Original publisher's illustrated laminated boards. Copiously illustrated in colour throughout. Published to accompany an exhibition held at Tate Liverpool (Liverpool) and the Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin, 2009. ISBN: 9781854378774 Fine.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Artist Monographs. Square Folio. First edition (2007. ) Hardcover with dust jacket. Oblong folio with 39 pages. Text in English. The book and dust jacket are in very good condition with very slight shelf wear. Interior is clean and tight. "In this monograph, six recent works are presented on deluxe tipped-in color plates, each accompanied by a detail that reveals Brown's technique: " Grey spine/black text. #030869.
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New in Shrinkwrap/Pub. Box. Artist Monographs. Square Folio. First Edition (2007. ) Hardcover with dust jacket. Folio with 39 pages. Brand New still sealed in Publisher's shrink wrap. Any item that is Sold "New in Shrink Wrap" then Removed from the Shrink Wrap and returned will only Receive Fair Market Used Value. (ie. $100 item vs $10 refund. ) Pictures available upon request. "In this monograph, six recent works are presented on deluxe tipped-in color plates, each accompanied by a detail that reveals Brown's technique.." Grey spine with black text.
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Fine in fine dust jacket. (BROWN, GLENN). Morton, Tom. GLENN BROWN. Berlin: Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin & Holzwarth Publications, 2006. First Edition. Large Square 4to. Cloth in Illustrated Jacket. Artist Monograph. Fine/Fine. 78pp, 14 color illustrations. Text in English. Designed by Hans Werner Holzwarth. With an exhibition history and bibliography. "I am a little bit like Doctor Frankenstein because I create my pictures with the remains and dead parts of other artists' works." So says the rising London painter, Glenn Brown, while essayist Tom Morton likens Brown's canvases to a zombie comedy". This is the beautifully produced hardbound catalogue published in conjunction with a 2006 Galerie Max Hetzler exhibition of six art-history inflected paintings by Glenn Brown. Each work is sumptuously reproduced with a tipped in color plate on heavy stock with an accompanying full page color detail; as well as two installation photographs. A pristine copy of this already unavailable and uncommon item. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its weight-we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. 3-935567-35-9 Inventory Number: 016183.
