Humphrey Ocean / Humphrey Ocean.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ocean, Humphrey, artist.

Standardized Title:

Works. Selections

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ocean, Humphrey.

Painting, Modern--20th century.

Painting, Modern.

Physical Description:

335 pages : chiefly illustrations (chiefly color) ; 30 cm

Distribution:

New York : ARTBOOK/D.A.P. [date of distribution not identified]

Place of Publication:

London : Royal Academy of Arts, [2019]

Summary:

Over five decades, the painter Humphrey Ocean RA's work has filtered into our national culture. This includes his series of portraits entitled A handbook of modern life displayed at the National Portrait Gallery in 2013; his portrait of Christopher Le Brun, President of the Royal Academy of Arts; and the cover of Sir Paul McCartney's 2007 album Memory Almost Full, which featured one of the Chair series.0Ocean's practice encompasses painting, printmaking, sculpture, book-making and drawing. Of the last, he has said: 'Paper is lovely, immediate and personal. I draw as an end in itself.' In 2019 his exhibition 'Birds, Cars and Chairs' is on display at the Royal Academy of Arts. Of these subjects, he says: 'Birds, cars and chairs are, in that order, ancient, modern and intimate. Without them life would be a lot less bearable.'0These works are reproduced alongside others in the book to provide a fascinating overview of Ocean's career, with an essay by Ben Thomas, which sets out to discover exactly what it is that makes Ocean's art so appealing and universal.

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

1912520265

9781912520268

OCLC:

1096491482