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Tigers of Wrath, Horses of Instruction
This volume provides an overview of Walton Ford's paintings. Printed to coincide with a Ford exhibition at the Paul Kasmin Gallery in New York, the book includes an essay by screenwriter Steven Katz and an interview with the artist by Dodie Kazanjian.The paintings of Walton Ford (born 1960) combine draftsmanship with layers of allegorical and lyrical symbolism. "It's as if John James Audubon had been visited by the spirit of Hieronymous Bosch" is how one critic has described the unsettling impact of Ford's work, with their sometimes violent imagery and their trenchant political and social commentary on history, colonialism and the precarious relationship between man and animal. This volume provides an overview of Ford's paintings. Printed to coincide with a Ford exhibition at the Paul Kasmin Gallery in New York, the book includes an essay by screenwriter Steven Katz and an interview with the artist by Dodie Kazanjian. |
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| ISBN-10 : 0810932865 | ISBN-13 : 9780810932869 |
| RRP : £22.00 | Best available price : £ / $ |
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Country Publication : United States
Publication Date : 01/10/2002
Publisher : Harry N. Abrams, Inc.
Page Length : 64mm
Page Size : 254mm