Focusing on the intersection of visual culture and ecological concerns, this work integrates diverse perspectives from politics, theory, feminism, and activism. It presents a comprehensive framework for understanding art history through an ecocritical lens, highlighting how these disciplines inform and enrich interpretations of visual art. The book aims to inspire new dialogues about the role of art in addressing environmental issues and promoting social change.
This book synthesises a variety of approaches to the visual, drawn from politics, theory, feminism and activism, in order to provide the blueprint for an ecocritical art history. -- .
Joseph Crawhall was a remarkable and innovative animal watercolourist, who made decorative, sensitively observed and humorous studies of animals and birds. William Burrell developed a passion for his works, collecting as many as he could. The Burrell Collection now holds the largest and most significant collection of artworks by Crawhall in the world.0With colour reproductions of nearly 60 Crawhall artworks in the Burrell Collection ? including dynamic and colourful mature works, technically experimental compositions, watercolours from his travels and delightful comic sketches ? this accessible book gives readers an overview of Crawhall?s career and artistic output. It considers his friendship with the Glasgow Boys, the influence of French art, Whistler and Japanese prints, his flair for decorative design and, above all, Crawhall?s unique skill in poetically distilling the essence of an animal or bird?s character
Marianne Grant?s story is a remarkable one of courage. She was a Czech Jewish artist who managed to paint in the most extreme circumstances, and her works of art tell of her experiences of World War II and imprisonment in Theresienstadt ghetto, Auschwitz and Bergen-Belsen concentration camps, and life as a refugee in Sweden. These unique and extraordinary works, painted at first hand, and now in the collections of Glasgow Museums, help us to better understand the impact of the Holocaust. Her work still resonates today, particularly in Glasgow, the city that became her home and a city which has a strong tradition of welcoming refugees. Written with the support and assistance of Marianne?s family, this is the first full catalogue of her artworks. Authors: Dr Jo Meacock, Peter Tuka, Dr Paula Cowan, Deborah Haase, and Geraldine Shenkin
In October 2018 Christine Borland unveils a new artwork at Kelvingrove Museum and Art Gallery, Glasgow, Scotland, as part of the 14-18 NOW World War I centenary commemorations. The artwork is co-commissioned by Glasgow Museums and 14-18 NOW and supported by the Art Fund. This highly illustrated book showcases the new, commissioned artwork and gives an insight into Borland's research and practice. It includes an interview with the artist and an essay by Professor Andrew Patrizio reflecting on Borland's career to date and placing the new work in context. The artist shares her research and personal response to the objects she selected from over 2,000 in Glasgow Museums' World War I collection, and which have variously informed the new artwork. The publication comprehensively documents Borland's artistic processes, the commission and the finished artwork.00Exhibition: Kelvingrove Museum and Art Gallery, Glasgow, UK (from 12.10.2018 onwards).
48p square paperback, very good condition, cover very slightly tanned, binding tight, pages clean and nest, colour and b&w paintings very clear and bright, a very good copy