|
|
|
books
| book details |
Carmen Cicero: Drawings and Watercolors: Tales of Intrigue and Humor
By (author) David Ebony
|
| on special |
normal price: R 2 109.95
Price: R 2 004.95
|
| book description |
The first book devoted to the enigmatic and thought-provoking drawings and watercolours of Carmen Cicero — in a handsome oversize format. Carmen Cicero (b. 1926) is now in the midst of his seventh decade at the cutting edge of contemporary art. His works of the 1950s — collected by the Museum of Modern Art, the Guggenheim, the Whitney, and other major museums — combined the gestures of Abstract Expressionism with the complex emergent forms of Surrealist automatism. In the 1960s, Cicero was one of the first members of the American avant-garde to return to figuration, pursuing, through the 1960s and 1970s, a style he called “figurative expressionism.†This evolved into his more recent “visionary†mode, in which he depicts, with a startling clarity, mysterious scenes animated by multiple contradictory feelings — unfulfilled desires, jealousy, despair, and isolation — as well as a generous dose of humour. Throughout his entire artistic evolution, drawing and watercolour have remained central to Cicero’s practice, allowing him to body forth his fertile imaginings with a vivid immediacy. This oversize volume presents a generous selection of drawings and watercolours from every stage of Cicero’s career; it is printed on a quality uncoated stock that recalls the artist’s favoured Arches watercolour paper, and many of the drawings are reproduced at actual size. An essay by the noted critic David Ebony brings out the humour, pathos, and consummate skill of Cicero’s art, and a full apparatus — including an artist’s statement, chronology, and bibliography — further add to the value of this work, which will be an essential addition to any library of American art.
| product details |
Normally shipped |
Publisher | Abbeville Press Inc.,U.S.
Published date | 3 Mar 2025
Language |
Format | Hardback
Pages | 208
Dimensions | 304 x 356 x 0mm (L x W x H)
Weight | 2354g
ISBN | 978-0-7892-1491-1
Readership Age |
BISAC |
| other options |
Normally shipped |
Readership Age |
Normal Price | R 2 279.95
Price | R 2 165.95
| on special |
|
|
|
To view the items in your trolley please sign in.
| sign in |
|
|
|
| specials |
|
|
Look around you is anything real or normal any more? News, images and videos created by AI are everywhere.
|
|
This first comprehensive biography of Cecil Rhodes in a generation illuminates Rhodes’s vision for the expansion of imperialism in southern Africa, connecting politics and industry to internal development, and examines how this fueled a lasting, white-dominated colonial society.
|
|
|
|
