Karel Funk's hyperrealist painting immediately commands attention. Influenced by 17th century Dutch and Flemish painters and by Renaissance portraiture, Funk depicts torsos and heads of young men clad in windbreakers and hoods. The rendering, especially of the skin and fabric, is remarkable. The originality of Funk's art rests in large part on the tension that is created between the extreme generosity of the piece, in terms of its visual effects, and its undeniable psychological restraint. This fully illustrated publication is the first monograph dedicated to the work of this promising young artist. With essays by Pierre Landry, organizing curator, and by Carter Foster, curator at the Whitney Museum of American Art.

Karel Funk (French and English Edition)

Arts & Photography

Pierre Landry

Carsten Foster

History & Criticism

Musee d'art contemporain de Montreal/ABC Art Books Canada

Geoffrey Farmer has one of the most destabilizing voices of today's young Vancouver artists. Working mainly in installation and photography, he integrates video, performance and other means associated with conceptual art. Through an aesthetics of accumulation he explores pop culture, art history and the very act of exhibiting. Among the works presented in this first monograph are an installation originally created in a bank and a life-sized reconstitution of a Hollywood-style trailer. Refigured through an array of tangents and additions, Farmer's installations are at once subtle and overwhelming. The publication presents major works produced over the last fifteen years along with new pieces produced especially for the exhibition.

Geoffrey Farmer (English and French Edition)

Jessica Morgan

Scott Watson

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