Hess finds, and presents in his paintings, universal meanings in common activities and in the exchanges that occur between people in the most ordinary of situations. His characters hurt, help, ignore, and desire on another, and we recognize their longing, anxiety, awkwardness, and grace because it is true to our own life experience. Featuring an essay by Richard Vine and commentary by the artist. Published in 2001 by The Orange County Museum of Art. Comes in a hardcover slipcase.

F. Scott Hess: The Hours of the Day

Arts & Photography

Richard Vine

F. Scott Hess

Orange County Museum of Art (Calif.)

Naomi Vine

Individual Artists

Orange County Museum of Art

Published on the occasion of The Drawing Center's exhibition, Sun Xun: Shock of Time includes nearly 50 images by Hangzhou-based artist Sun Xun (b. 1980, China), all stills from his hand-drawn animations Shock of Time (2006) and Lie of the Magician (2005). The former depicts various tropes and metaphors of duration and transience made from hundreds of single illustrations drawn onto old Communist newspaper and magazine pages. The latter makes use of the artist's own body as a landscape for images of nature (rain clouds evaporating, seedlings taking root) that evoke myths of creation. This volume, number 85 in the Drawing Papers series, includes essays by curator Joao Ribas and author and critic Richard Vine.

Sun Xun: Shock of Time

Joao Ribas

The Drawing Center

Paintings by the "painter provocateur", Odd Nerdrum, analysis by Richard Vine.

Odd Nerdrum: Paintings, Sketches and Drawings

History & Criticism

Gyldendal

With a huge cult following among lovers of figurative painting, outsider art fans and students, Norwegian artist Odd Nerdrum has carved out a unique niche in the world of contemporary art. With his Old Master style and his often apocalyptic subject matter, Nerdrum rejects the tropes of Modernism in favor of an emotionalism which, when combined with his remarkable painterly talents, produces works that are not only visually arresting, but which also call into question the very foundations of contemporary art. Odd Nerdrum: Sketches, Drawings and Paintings brings together the recent work completed since the publication of Storyteller and Self-Revealer in 1998, as well as earlier work, including, for the first time, an extensive selection of drawings and sketches. At 400 pages, with over 200 color illustrations, this volume is the most comprehensive book available on the work of one of the world's most popular and idiosyncratic artists.

Odd Nerdrum: Paintings, Sketches, and Drawings

Norsk Forlag

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