Nigel Cooke / Darian Leader, Tony Godfrey, Marie Darrieussecq.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cooke, Nigel, 1973- artist.

Contributor:

Leader, Darian

Darrieussecq, Marie.

Godfrey, Tony.

Series:

Contemporary artists

Contemporary Artists Series

Standardized Title:

Works. Selections

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cooke, Nigel, 1973---Criticism and interpretation.

Cooke, Nigel.

Cooke, Nigel, 1973---Catalogs.

Cooke, Nigel, 1973-.

Criticism and interpretation.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Catalogs.

Physical Description:

158 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm.

Place of Publication:

London : Phaidon Press Ltd., 2016.

Summary:

An in-depth look at the work and career of this fascinating artist, who is having a profound impact on contemporary painting. Nigel Cooke is known for his complex paintings, which thematically explore the meeting point between creative labour, consciousness, art history, consumer culture, and nature. Primarily centred on meticulously painted, large-scale urban landscapes, which he calls 'hybrid theatrical spaces', Cooke's work employs disparate styles, often integrating trompe l'oeil miniature rocks and trees with backdrops of graffiti-marked buildings, to create scenes conveying obscure and macabre narratives. This survey of Cooke's career to date explores the artist's style, approach, and impact on contemporary art and includes his very latest works, completed shortly before publication.

Contents:

Interview / Darien Leader in conversation with Nigel Cooke

Survey. Painting in the age of theory, pixar, and talking books / Tony Godfrey

Focus. Studio infinity / Marie Darrieussecq

Artist's choice. Moon Palace, 1989 / Paul Auster ; Painting as an art, 1987 / Richard Wollheim

Artist's writings. The language of insects, 2004 ; Bacon's sacred studio, 2010 / [Nigel Cooke]

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (page 157).

ISBN:

9780714870915

0714870919

9780714870922

0714870927

OCLC:

954017920