The World New Made by Timothy Hyman
Figurative painting is due a reappraisal. In this volume, the author explores the work of more than fifty individual painters, presenting a collective 'Resistance' who together offer a human-centred alternative to the dominance of the Abstract or the Conceptual in conventional narratives of modern art.
'Wonderfully concrete in detail and wide-ranging in scope, Timothy Hyman’s 'The World New Made' constructs a new and convincing scenario for the history of twentieth-century painting' - Linda Nochlin
'It’s time that the balance was redressed, and Timothy Hyman’s scholarly and enjoyable book sets about the task with great vigourThe quality of the writing makes the reader want to look again and more closely at the artists discussed' - The Spectator
'Magnificently illustrated, this is art history at its most eye-popping and also – thanks to philosophical forays in which Hyman explores identity and the friction between self and society – its most brain-tickling' - Observer (Peter Conrad's Books of the Year)
'Highly original ... there are brilliant insights and connections on every page' - David Bindman
'This magnificent book by a practising painter ... will change for ever our sense of the “story” of modern art' - Gabriel Josipovici
'Brings together decades of critical viewing and reading into a richly thoughtful text' - Times Literary Supplement
'A thing of beauty' - Sunday Times
'A delight: deeply but lightly erudite, intimate, written with exquisite intelligence' - The Australian
'It’s time that the balance was redressed, and Timothy Hyman’s scholarly and enjoyable book sets about the task with great vigourThe quality of the writing makes the reader want to look again and more closely at the artists discussed' - The Spectator
'Magnificently illustrated, this is art history at its most eye-popping and also – thanks to philosophical forays in which Hyman explores identity and the friction between self and society – its most brain-tickling' - Observer (Peter Conrad's Books of the Year)
'Highly original ... there are brilliant insights and connections on every page' - David Bindman
'This magnificent book by a practising painter ... will change for ever our sense of the “story” of modern art' - Gabriel Josipovici
'Brings together decades of critical viewing and reading into a richly thoughtful text' - Times Literary Supplement
'A thing of beauty' - Sunday Times
'A delight: deeply but lightly erudite, intimate, written with exquisite intelligence' - The Australian
Timothy Hyman is well known both as a writer on art and a painter. He was elected a Royal Academician in 2011 and is an honorary research fellow at University College London. He has exhibited widely and his work is in many public collections, including the British Museum, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and the Deutsche Bank Collection. He was lead curator of Tate’s major Stanley Spencer retrospective exhibition and has written a pioneering monograph on Bhupen Khakhar. His articles have appeared in the Times Literary Supplement and the London Magazine, and he is the author of Bonnard and Sienese Painting, both published by Thames & Hudson.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780500239452 |
| ISBN 10 | 0500239452 |
| Title | The World New Made |
| Author | Timothy Hyman |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Thames & Hudson Ltd |
| Year published | 2016-10-06 |
| Number of pages | 256 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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