Günter Umberg, James White : conversation / David Campany, Klaus Honnef ; herausegeben von Thomas Zander.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Campany, David, writer of supplementary textual content.

Honnef, Klaus, writer of supplementary textual content.

Zander, Thomas, editor.

Galerie Thomas Zander, host institution.

Language:

English

German

Subjects (All):

Umberg, Günter, 1942---Exhibitions.

Umberg, Günter.

White, James, 1967---Exhibitions.

White, James.

Umberg, Günter, 1942-.

Painting, Modern--Exhibitions.

Painting, Modern.

Genre:

Exhibition catalogs.

Physical Description:

88 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 30 cm

Other Title:

Conversation

Place of Publication:

Köln : Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, [2019]

Language Note:

Texts in German and English.

Summary:

The publication juxtaposes works by painters Günter Umberg and James White, inviting a dialogue between their ostensibly disparate practices. Umberg defines painting as painted colour. He has radically reduced the means of painting to its essentials. The sheer presence of colour in his works produces an uncanny effect of depth and the physical presence of the paintings comes to the fore. James White's black and white paintings depict everyday scenes such as a half empty glass, a door left ajar. The London based artist, executes them intricately like still life paintings, yet using contemporary materials, cinematic narrative devices and images of consumer objects that anchor his practise in today's visual culture. The works of both artists investigate questions of surface and depth of images, closeness and distance, presence and absence.

Notes:

Published to accompany the exhibition of the same name held at Galerie Thomas Zander, Cologne, 16th March-24th March 2019.

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

On the occasion of an exhibition held at the Galerie Thomas Zander, March 16 - May 24, 2019.

Contains:

Umberg, Günter, 1942- Paintings. Selections.

White, James, 1967- Paintings. Selections.

Günter Umberg, James White.

Günter Umberg, James White. English.

ISBN:

9783960986522

3960986521

OCLC:

1138900029