George Shaw
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My Back to Nature
George Shaw; With an introduction by Colin Wiggins
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In 2014, the contemporary painter George Shaw (b. 1966) began a two-year post as associate artist in the National Gallery, London. This book documents his experiences there, as well as the work he produced in response to the Gallery’s collection. Shaw is known for his minutely detailed and luminously atmospheric depictions of the urban landscape and woodlands of central England. Painting scenes from his native region, Shaw meditates on the central themes of relationships, ancestry, and love. His preferred medium, Humbrol enamel paint, is a deliberate means of distancing himself from the traditions of oil painting—and, it might seem, from the values embedded in the National Gallery itself. Yet as a teenager in Coventry, Shaw was fascinated by the Gallery, traveling regularly to London to draw from those artists he found inspiring. This engaging volume reproduces his first series of paintings on canvas, together with working drawings and an essay by the artist himself.
Published by National Gallery Company/distributed by Yale University Press
Exhibition Schedule:
The National Gallery, London
(05/11/16-10/30/16)
George Shaw is the ninth Rootstein Hopkins Associate Artist and Colin Wiggins is special projects curator at the National Gallery, London.
EXHIBITION SCHEDULE
The National Gallery, London
(05/11/16-10/30/16)
ISBN: 9781857096033
Publication Date: July 7, 2016
Publishing Partner: Published by National Gallery Company/distributed by Yale University Press
Publication Date: July 7, 2016
Publishing Partner: Published by National Gallery Company/distributed by Yale University Press
104 pages, 10 1/4 x 9 1/2
60 color illus.
60 color illus.
