The Portrait Now by Sandy Nairne

The Portrait Now by Sandy Nairne

"The Portrait Now" presents a unique and important selection of contemporary portraits from across the world. Featuring over eighty portraits, including the most recent work of internationally acclaimed artists, the book demonstrates the accomplishment and inventiveness of this major art form. "The Portrait Now" is an exciting overview of contemporary trends in portraiture, in the context of a changing outlook in the art world. The portraits have been chosen to show the latest developments in painting, sculpture, video art, photography and self-portraiture, and to highlight changes that are occurring in the artistic presentation of the human form. Together they illustrate how artists are responding to the human condition in increasingly inventive ways and in the context of a more complex world. The book features an essay by Sandy Nairne and Sarah Howgate in which they examine international portraiture, focusing on a selection of works from 2000 onwards. They discuss such subjects as the condition for portraits, celebrity, identity, the variety of media used, commissioning portraits, patronage, the return of the society portrait and the use of new technology. "The Portrait Now" will be an indispensable reference book for all those working in the field or interested in contemporary art. It is published to launch the Gallery's 150th anniversary year.

Sandy Nairne is Director of the National Portrait Gallery. Sarah Howgate is Contemporary Curator at the National Portrait Gallery. She previously worked in New York and Los Angeles, where she set up a gallery specialising in contemporary art.

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ISBN 13	9781855143586
ISBN 10	1855143585
Title	The Portrait Now
Author	Sandy Nairne
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	National Portrait Gallery Publications
Year published	2006-02-24
Number of pages	160
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