Cecily Brown
Cecily Brown

Author: Courtney J. Martin

Publisher: Phaidon Press

Published: 2020

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781838661045

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Cecily Brown is a British-born, New York-based artist who rose to prominence in the late 1990s. Originally influenced by Cubism and Abstract Expressionism, Brown has over the years developed her unique voice, which investigates the sensual qualities of oil paint and portraiture through a satirizing and celebratory process inspired both by abstraction and realism. Gentle and yet forceful, Brown's exuberant brushwork, rich palette, intense energy, and black humor have redefined some of painting's historical canons.

The English Garden
The English Garden

Author: Jim Lewis

Publisher: Karma, New York

Published: 2015

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781942607038

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"Like nature, only better. Nature with all the awkward bits smoothed out. And then picturesque, like a landscape painting," states Jim Lewis' protagonist, defining an English garden in Cecily Brown's newest book of paintings. An imaginative pas de deux, The English Garden sees British painter Brown (born 1969) and American writer Lewis (born 1963) contribute acutely detailed and darkly sensuous allusions to the traditional 18th-century English landscape garden. Thirty-nine of Brown's paintings are interspersed throughout this compact hardcover publication as tipped-in images. The largely abstract works, with glimpses of figurative elements, are a dichotomy of warm and subdued strokes of color, each containing an expansive landscape unto itself. Novelist and critic Jim Lewis' story transports the reader to the English countryside and investigates the seductive pull of the natural world in tandem with Brown's paintings. Combining two major voices in contemporary literature and painting, this volume is a truly gorgeous production.

A Tour Through the Whole Island of Great Britain
A Tour Through the Whole Island of Great Britain

Author: Daniel Defoe

Publisher: Yale University Press

Published: 1991-01-01

Total Pages: 444

ISBN-13: 9780300049800

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Observations on the principal cities, ports and geographical features, customs, manners, and inhabitants of early eighteenth-century Britain

The Evolution of Polo
The Evolution of Polo

Author: Horace A. Laffaye

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2009-09-12

Total Pages: 373

ISBN-13: 0786454156

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Tracing the evolution of polo from its origins in Central Asia to its current manifestation as a professional sport that attracts wealthy sponsors and patrons, this sociological study examines how polo has changed according to the economic and cultural differences of the nations and continents where it is played. One hundred historic and modern photographs are included.

Art on the Block
Art on the Block

Author: Ann Fensterstock

Publisher: Macmillan

Published: 2013-09-17

Total Pages: 314

ISBN-13: 1137278498

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A tour of the last four decades of contemporary art in New York City reveals how artists pioneered new trends in gentrification and inspired art renewals, focusing on the achievements of such artists as Basquiat and Rauschenberg.

Uncle Fred in the Spring Time
Uncle Fred in the Spring Time

Author: P.G. Wodehouse

Publisher: Harry N. Abrams

Published: 2004-04-12

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781585675272

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Humorous and involved tale of the attempted kidnapping of the prize pig, the Empress of Blandings.