Glenn Brown : come to dust.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kunzru, Hari, 1969- contributor.

Bray, Xavier, interviewer.

Gagosian Gallery (London, England), host institution, issuing body.

Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

Standardized Title:

Glenn Brown (Gagosian Gallery (London, England))

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Brown, Glenn, 1966-.

Brown, Glenn, 1966---Exhibitions.

Brown, Glenn.

Genre:

Exhibition catalogs.

Physical Description:

209 pages : color illustrations ; 31 cm

Other Title:

Come to dust

Place of Publication:

London : Gagosian, [2018]

Summary:

For Brown, one of Britain's most renowned contemporary artists, the past and present are treasuries of raw material, offering countless images, titles, and techniques to be combined, appropriated, and deconstructed. Mining an extensive knowledge of art history, as well as of literature, music, and popular culture, Brown creates complex and sensuous works of art that are resolutely of our time. The title of exhibition, taken from a song in Shakespeare's play Cymbeline, evokes the ineluctability of death. The exhibition, comprising oil paintings, drawings in period frames, grisaille panel works, etchings, and sculptures, attests to the ever-intensifying dexterity with which Brown employs paint, content, and form. It teems with contrasts and contradictions, collapsing time, and allowing different, often opposing, references to exist simultaneously.

Contents:

From 'Cymbeline' / William Shakespeare

Frà Pandolf's hand / Hari Kunzru

Glenn Brown and Xavier Bray in conversation.

Notes:

Published on the occasion of an exhibition held at Gagosian (20 Grosvenor Hill), London, from January 24-March 17, 2018.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 202-209).

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

Related Work:

Container of: Brown, Glenn, 1966- Works. Selections

ISBN:

9781938748639

1938748638

OCLC:

1083627432