In the decade before his death in 2011, John Hoyland began to reckon with mortality. Confronting his own demise, he painted elegies to departed artist friends and tributes to illustrious artistic forebears. Imagery of the void looms large, but it is a void faced with defiance and vitality, less a rumination on the end than a celebration of life. This publication explores the paintings Hoyland made in this decade, including his final series, the Mysteries.
Essays by Natalie Adamson, David Anfam, Matthew Collings and Mel Gooding offer a rich and multifaceted account of a complex body of work. Hoyland's veneration of Vincent van Gogh, his connections to J.M.W. Turner, the use of black as a colour, his deployment of risk and attempts to subvert his own taste, and his development of the cosmic visual language of the Abstract Expressionists are all discussed. Richly illustrated, the book extends our understanding of Hoyland's late work within the story of modern painting as a whole.
| ISBN: | 9781909932623 |
| Publication date: | 1st July 2021 |
| Author: | John Hoyland, England Millennium Gallery Sheffield |
| Publisher: | Ridinghouse |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 215 pages |
| Series: | Ridinghouse |
| Genres: |
Individual artists, art monographs Paintings and painting |
In the decade before his death in 2011, John Hoyland began to reckon with mortality. Confronting his own demise, he painted elegies to departed artist friends and tributes to illustrious artistic forebears. Imagery of the void looms large, but it is a void faced with defiance and vitality, less a rumination on the end than a celebration of life. This publication explores the paintings Hoyland made in this decade, including his final series, the Mysteries.
Essays by Natalie Adamson, David Anfam, Matthew Collings and Mel Gooding offer a rich and multifaceted account of a complex body of work. Hoyland's veneration of Vincent van Gogh, his connections to J.M.W. Turner, the use of black as a colour, his deployment of risk and attempts to subvert his own taste, and his development of the cosmic visual language of the Abstract Expressionists are all discussed. Richly illustrated, the book extends our understanding of Hoyland's late work within the story of modern painting as a whole.
John Hoyland - The Last Paintings features in the following genres: Individual artists, art monographs, Paintings and painting
John Hoyland - The Last Paintings is available in Hardback
John Hoyland - The Last Paintings was written by John Hoyland, England Millennium Gallery Sheffield and published by Ridinghouse
John Hoyland - The Last Paintings has 215 pages
Yes it is part of Ridinghouse series
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