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Overview"Awkward uncertainty. Michael Williams (b. 1978, Doylestown, Pa.; lives and works in Los Angeles) makes work that interrogates the history of painting, often by dismantling its components into their constituent parts. His pictures employ form to reflect on the complexity and contradictions of modern life. He works on canvas, availing himself of a range of techniques including oil painting, collage, and inkjet prints. In his new works, Williams examines the relationship between painting and photography, transferring the chilly aloofness that is characteristic of the latter onto the former. The photographic ""negative"" yields a smooth canvas disencumbered of its painterly qualities and the medium's historic ballast. The book includes several foldout plates that illustrate Williams's creative approach, and a brief essay by his Austrian fellow painter Tobias Pils. Michael Williams studied fine arts at Washington University, St. Louis, and has exhibited widely, including at the Wiener Secession, Vienna, and the Museum of Modern Art, New York." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Tobias PilsPublisher: Edition Cantz Imprint: Edition Cantz Dimensions: Width: 22.00cm , Height: 1.00cm , Length: 31.00cm Weight: 0.440kg ISBN: 9783947563906ISBN 10: 3947563906 Pages: 68 Publication Date: 30 July 2020 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |