Screen LibraryLeon Golub : bite your tongue /
This survey catalogue of the American figurative painter, his first in London since 2000, will highlight key aspects of the artist's oeuvre from the 1950s until his death in 2004. His paintings from the 1950s depict universal images of man and reference the classical figure found in antiquity,...
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Serpentine Galleries,
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| Publisher Address: | London : Koenig Books : |
| Publication Dates: | 2015. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: |
This survey catalogue of the American figurative painter, his first in London since 2000, will highlight key aspects of the artist's oeuvre from the 1950s until his death in 2004. His paintings from the 1950s depict universal images of man and reference the classical figure found in antiquity, while his highly political series of the 1970s and 1980s draws on the Vietnam War, American foreign policy and the rise of paramilitary soldiers in places such as South Africa and Latin America. His work from the 1990s incorporates slogans, text, graffiti and symbols into dystopian scenes of urban exis |
| Item Description: |
Title from cover. Catalogue accompanies exhibition held 4 March-17 May 2015, Serpentine Gallery, London. |
| Carrier Form: | 159 pages : illustrations, facsimiles ; 30 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: |
9781908617262 (Serpentine Galleries, London) : 1908617268 (Serpentine Galleries, London) 9783863357184 (Koenig Books, London) 3863357183 (Koenig Books, London) |
| Index Number: | ND237 |
| CLC: | J231(712)-28 |
| Call Number: | J231(712)-28/G629 |
| Contents: | Leon Golub : bite your tongue / Emma Enderby -- Works -- A conversation between Helaine Posner, Katy Kline, Leon Golub and Nancy Spero / Julie Ault -- A New York story / Jon Bird -- Guy Brett -- A conversation with Leon Golub / Avery F. Gordon -- Hans Haacke -- Alfredo Jaar -- The 'faceless' assistant / Samm Kunce -- Oscar Murillo -- Hans Ulrich Obrist -- Lucy Raven -- A conversation with Leon Golub / Martha Rosler -- Kiki Smith -- Contributor biographies and credits -- List of works. |