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Rory McEwen : The Colours of Reality, Hardcover by McEwen, Rory (ART), Brand ...
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- Book Title
- Rory McEwen : The Colours of Reality
- ISBN
- 9781842465912
- Publication Year
- 2015
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Publication Name
- Rory Mcewen: the Colours of Reality
- Item Height
- 1.1in
- Features
- Revised
- Item Length
- 11in
- Publisher
- KEW Publishing
- Item Width
- 9.5in
- Number of Pages
- 224 Pages
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Rory McEwen strummed his way onto the Ed Sullivan show, sat in on a sitar session with George Harrison and Ravi Shankar, and was a leader in the post-war folksong revival. Yet arguably his greatest legacy was not in the field of music--a talented, precise artist, McEwen revolutionized the field of botanical art. McEwen developed a distinctive style working on unadorned vellum, presenting botanical subject matter with scientific precision and artistic flair, without ever compromising one for the other. At a time when such paintings focused on perfect specimens, McEwen found beauty in imperfections, which made his creations breathtakingly realistic. His paintings have been an inspiration to later generations of botanical artists and his work can be found in collections around the world, including the MoMA, the Tate, the British Museum, and the National Gallery of Modern Art Scotland. This revised edition of the best-selling Rory McEwen: The Colours of Reality adds more artwork from McEwen and a soulful foreword by musician Jools Holland. Four sections consider McEwen from four different angles: his life and music, his contributions to the avant-garde, his work as a botanical painter, and his influence and legacy. Originally published to coincide with an exhibition at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, in 2013, and developed in close collaboration with the McEwen family, this is the first major gathering of McEwen's work since 1989.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
KEW Publishing
ISBN-10
1842465910
ISBN-13
9781842465912
eBay Product ID (ePID)
210375768
Product Key Features
Publication Name
Rory Mcewen: the Colours of Reality
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Features
Revised
Publication Year
2015
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
224 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
11in
Item Height
1.1in
Item Width
9.5in
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Qk98.2
Edition Description
Revised Edition
Reviews
It seems odd that a singer, musician, television performer and sculptor who typified the 1960s as vividly as Rory McEwen should now be known principally for his botanical paintings. From the early 1950s until his tragically early death in 1982 he was everywhere and knew everyone, but as The Colours of Reality shows, McEwen was never more himself than when working within the discipline and timeless tradition of an art form that links him with the greatest flower painters of the past. Not every botanical painter can count Jim Dine, Joseph Beuys and Ravi Shankar as his friends, play the 12-string guitar, shoot at Balmoral, influence Van Morrison, bolster the fortunes of the Wakefield and North of England Tulip Society and drive a purple Ferrari with 'Ecosse' on the tail. The natural world, though, was his compulsion: I paint flowers as a way of getting as close as possible to what I perceive as the truth, my truth of the time in which I live. This mostly means looking, looking and thinking... It is impossible not to see in his extraordinary studies of decaying leaves a reflection of his own mortality, but these are not mere vanitas paintings. He imbued everything he painted with an anthropomorphic life, and in his hands a curved stem, a bent head, a wrinkled skin or an infestation of insects is a celebration of individuality rather than dispassionate botanical observation.Often the arrangement of plants seems to speak of relationships - two anemones look like birds conducting an elaborate courtship ritual, fritillaries are apparently holding hands - but these are illustrations that need close scrutiny rather than description. Revised and reprinted after the hugely successful monographic exhibition at Kew two years ago, this elegant book with its beautiful reproductions and sumptuous 'negative spaces' does full justice not just to the botanical works, but to the story as a whole of an artist who seems to have touched the lives ofeveryone who ever knew him., [A] beautifully printed overview of McEwen's life and work. . . . Thumb through the volume and prepare to be engaged by the range of subject and impressed by the treatment that appears under one's fingers.
Table of Content
Foreword Grey Gowrie Introduction Jools Holland 1. Rory McEwen--His Life and Music James Fox 2. Rory McEwen and the Avant-Garde in Europe Richard DeMarco 3. Rory McEwen as a Botanical Painter Martyn Rix 4. Rory McEwen's Legacy and Lasting Influence Shirley Sherwood Notes on the McEwen Paintings List of Exhibitions Bibliography and Acknowledgements Index
Copyright Date
2015
Topic
Subjects & Themes / Plants & Animals
Lccn
2015-376978
Dewey Decimal
751.422434
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes
Genre
Art
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