Artists' Laboratory
3 primary works
Book 1
"The Artists Laboratory series" presents the more experimental and less familiar work of contemporary artists, opening up the creative process to explore the conceptual and practical concerns with which they engage. This first title focuses on the work that Ian McKeever made after moving to Hartgrove in Dorset. In response to this new environment he created a group of large, nearly monochromatic abstract paintings whose delicate bands and veils of paint evoke an altered experience of light and open space. Drawn inside as well as out, he continues to photograph the interior of his rural home, using modulations of exposure to capture the ephemeral beauty of simple domestic details. Highly regarded as a painter, McKeever publishes his photographs here for the first time. This book includes an essay on the Hartgrove paintings by the late Norbert Lynton, and a conversation between McKeever and the sculptor Richard Deacon in which the two artists discuss their respective practices and their thoughts on art photography in a digital age.
Book 3
Artists' Laboratory 03: Nigel Hall RA
by Paul Huxley and Judith Flanders
Published 12 September 2011
"The Artists Laboratory series" presents the more experimental and less familiar work of contemporary artists, opening up the creative process to explore the conceptual and practical concerns with which they engage. Nigel Hall is one of the foremost sculptors of his generation, known for his abstract works in blond wood, iron and steel, but drawing is a crucial part of his practice. The third in "The Artists Laboratory series", this book demonstrates Halls preoccupation with drawing from life, in particular the geometric forms that occur in the natural world. In conversation with Bryan Kneale, a fellow sculptor, Hall discusses the subtle relationship between these studies and his sculptures, greatly enhancing our understanding of his art and his unusual place in the landscape tradition.
Book 4
The "Artists Laboratory" series presents the more experimental and less familiar work of contemporary artists, opening up the creative process to explore the conceptual and practical concerns with which they engage. The sculptor John Maine was part of the interdisciplinary team that oversaw the recent restoration of the thirteenth-century Cosmati pavement in Westminster Abbey. The fourth in the "Artists Laboratory" series, this book tells the story of Maine's response to the recovered masterpiece, his admiration for which inspired him to make a new environmental sculpture.