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Artists working from life / contributors, Caroline Bugler [and 9 others].

Contributor(s): Publication details: London : Royal Academy of Arts, 2017.Description: 159 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781910350904
Subject(s):
Contents:
Introduction / Rebecca Salter, Keeper of the Royal Academy -- Looking at life drawing: from the Renaissance to the Royal Academy / Annette Wickham, Curator of Works on Paper -- Ellen Altfest, Cai Guo-Qiang, Jeremy Deller, Stephen Farthing, Lucian Freud, Antony Gormley, David Hockney, Chantal Joffe, Michael Landy, Liane Long, Farshid Moussavi, Humphrey Ocean, Eddie Peake, Cathie Pilkington, Bridget Riley, Jenny Saville, Yinka Shonibare, Gillian Wearing, Jonathan Yeo.
Summary: From Michelangelo's marbles to photographic self-portraits, artists have always been fascinated by their creative encounters with the human body. Often a key part of their early training, drawing and sculpting from life goes on to inform their later work in unexpected and inspiring ways. This illuminating publication brings together interviews with over 15 artists from all disciplines, including painters, sculptors and conceptual artists, working in a variety of different media. Through their in-depth conversations with the artists, writers explore the many ways artists work 'from life': from Jeremy Deller's open life class with Iggy Pop as model to Jonathan Yeo's innovative use of 3D scanners and virtual reality. An introductory essay provides the historical context for a practice deeply rooted in artistic tradition. Generously illustrated with reproductions of the artists' work and photography of their working methods, this book upends all our prior assumptions about 'working from life'.

Published on the occasion of the exhibition held at the Royal Academy of Arts, London, 11 December 2017 - 11 March 2018.

Includes bibliographical references.

Introduction / Rebecca Salter, Keeper of the Royal Academy -- Looking at life drawing: from the Renaissance to the Royal Academy / Annette Wickham, Curator of Works on Paper -- Ellen Altfest, Cai Guo-Qiang, Jeremy Deller, Stephen Farthing, Lucian Freud, Antony Gormley, David Hockney, Chantal Joffe, Michael Landy, Liane Long, Farshid Moussavi, Humphrey Ocean, Eddie Peake, Cathie Pilkington, Bridget Riley, Jenny Saville, Yinka Shonibare, Gillian Wearing, Jonathan Yeo.

From Michelangelo's marbles to photographic self-portraits, artists have always been fascinated by their creative encounters with the human body. Often a key part of their early training, drawing and sculpting from life goes on to inform their later work in unexpected and inspiring ways. This illuminating publication brings together interviews with over 15 artists from all disciplines, including painters, sculptors and conceptual artists, working in a variety of different media. Through their in-depth conversations with the artists, writers explore the many ways artists work 'from life': from Jeremy Deller's open life class with Iggy Pop as model to Jonathan Yeo's innovative use of 3D scanners and virtual reality. An introductory essay provides the historical context for a practice deeply rooted in artistic tradition. Generously illustrated with reproductions of the artists' work and photography of their working methods, this book upends all our prior assumptions about 'working from life'.