Alison Watt : phantom
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Alison Watt : phantom
National Gallery Co. , Distributed by Yale University Press, 2008
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Catalog of an exhibition held at Scottish National Gallery, London, from 12 March to 22 June 2008
Biography: p. 69
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Description
British artist Alison Watt (b. 1965) creates monumental paintings depicting richly draped fabric. These canvases show closely cropped folds, gathers, tucks, and creases--all sensuously developed from a selective palette of white, grey, burnt sienna, cadmium red, and yellow.
The National Gallery's seventh Associate Artist, Watt has been working in a studio near the permanent collection. This proximity to masterpieces she has long admired has concentrated her focus on the tradition of drapery in western art and inspired her dramatically abstracted reinterpretations. This beautifully designed and illustrated book presents her most recent series of powerful, large-scale paintings. In an essay featuring photographs of Watt at work in the gallery studio, Colin Wiggins reviews the artist's creative process. Also included is a new piece written by celebrated Scottish poet Don Paterson that responds to these works.
Published by National Gallery Company/Distributed by Yale University Press
Exhibition Schedule:
National Gallery, London (March 13 - June 22, 2008)
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