Книга: Walton Ford «Pancha Tantra»
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At First Glance, Walton Ford's Large-Scale, Highly-Detailed Watercolors of Animals Recall the Prints of 19th Century Illustrators John James Audubon and Edward Lear. A Closer Look Reveals a Complex and Disturbingly Anthropomorphic Universe, Full of Symbols, Sly Jokes, and Allusions to the 'Operatic' Nature of Traditional Natural History. In this Stunning but Sinister Visual Universe, Beasts and Birds are not Mere Aesthetic Objects but Rather Dynamic Actors in Allegorical Struggles: a Wild Turkey Crushes a Small Parrot in its Claw; a Troupe of Monkeys Wreak Havoc on a Formal Dinner Table; an American Buffalo is Surrounded by Bloodied white Wolves. In Dazzling Watercolor, the Images Come to Impress as Much for Their Impeccable Naturalism as they do for Their Complex Narratives. This Updated Edition of Pancha Tantra Features the Artist's Most Recent Works and Contextualizes his Collection of Bestial Tableaux with an in-Depth Exploration of his Oeuvre, a Complete Biography, and... Издательство: "Taschen" (2015) Формат: 250x330, 304 стр.
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Walton Ford
Walton Ford (b.1960) is an American artist who paints large scale watercolors in the style of Audubon's naturalist illustrations. Each painting is a meticulous study in flora and fauna, while being filled with symbols, clues and jokes referencing a multitude of texts from colonial literature and folktales to travel guids. Ford's paintings are complex narratives that critique the history of colonialism, industrialism, politics, natural science, and man's effect on the environment.
"“Walton Ford appropriates the crisp, descriptive style of 19th-century naturalists and artists—John James Audubon, Karl Bodmer, George Catlin—but he puts their conventions to work in an investigation of natural history itself."
"“Repurposing a field-guide aesthetic, Ford composes dense allegories that make sometimes pointed, sometimes sidelong allusions to everything from conservationism and consumption to war, politics and imperialism."
"“While staying uncannily faithful to the natural history mode, Ford paints on a much larger scale, producing outsize watercolors with epic compositions. He renders his scenes with operatic drama, capturing moments when the natural order changes, such as the last member of a species struggling just before extinction.”" [citation | title= THE AI INTERVIEW: Walton Ford | author= William Hanley | publisher=ARTINFO | year=2006 | date= December 20, 2006 | url= http://www.artinfo.com/news/story/24160/walton-ford/ | accessdate=2008-04-24 ]
Walton Ford is the recipient of several national awards and honors including a fellowship from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts and is one of the artists profiled on the PBS series "Art:21". He had his first major one-man show at the Brooklyn Museum in 2006 and is currently represented by the Paul Kasmin Gallery in Manhattan.
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Monographs
* Taschen Books, 2007
* Harry N. Abrams Book, 2002
References
External links
* [http://www.pbs.org/art21/artists/ford/ Biography, interviews, essays, artwork images and video clips] from PBS series "" - Season 2 (2003).
* [http://uvu.channel2.org/PublicSite/Video.aspx?id=684&skin=2 Exclusive video of "Tigers of Wrath: Watercolors by Walton Ford" on uVu]
Источник: Walton Ford
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