BRITISH ARTISTS AT WORK

FOREWORD BY AMANDA ELIASCH.
I know nothing about the art world but I have been involved in making a book for Italian Vogue for Franca Sozzani, the editor. I suppose I became interested in art about ten years ago when I met Charles Saatchi at the Amanpuri Hotel in Thailand. I was sitting by the swimming pool and he was sitting with the film director David Puttnam. He asked me where I lived and I told him in Chester Square. "Well, introduce me to your husband because we need clever young people like him." So we became friends, but not within the art world. Johan was his "cleaner," as he called him, he'd clean up his mess and he cleaned up the Saatchi deal between the old and new companies. I really appreciated Charles's help recently as he assisted me with my photographic shows of nudes. The last one he came to he said, "Oh, definitely, definitely commercial, stick to 1930s Paris." I had been working with Martin Maloney and doing some colour photographs, and Martin said, "Keep on with them." Charles said, "If you keep on with them you'd better go into magazines." So I went to New York and took my book round and I got a call back from Visionaire. I then telephoned Katy Barker who was the only photographic agent I knew and asked her advice. She told me that I couldn't show nudes and that I should do some fashion photographs. So I was introduced to a girl named Rushka Bergman who helped me take the correct photographs for my book. I showed them to the photographer Michel Comte, who took me to Italian Vogue. I then did one or two jobs for Franca, including the Kartell Catalogue, which many photographers did. It showed artists in their chairs. She liked the pictures and suggested I do a book on artists in their studios. I asked for a writer, and Martin suggested Gemma de Cruz, and we drew up a list together. The list in the book is quite varied: It is Young British Artists and a few of the Establishment who actually made the young artists or helped to make them. I liked the older guys because I think as a culture we seem to have lost respect for anybody over the age of forty-five, which is a pity as you can learn so much from people of all ages and backgrounds. The artists represented in this book were in London when I was shooting the book-there were others we would have liked to include who were not working in London at the time.

Ever since the historic exhibit Sensation: Young British Artists from the Saatchi Collection in 1999, London has assumed a pivotal place in contemporary art. Offering unique insight into the world of contemporary art, British Artists at Work looks at four generations of artists, from the established to the newly emerging. Photographs of each of the artists, taken by Amanda Eliasch during 2002 in the artists' studios, are set alongside examples of their work. The text by Gemma de Cruz provides a brief overview of who the artists are, what they do and how their work and ideas fit into the art world at this time. This book draws attention to a particular selection of artists who together form a strong idea of what is happening now in contemporary art in London, featuring artists who are influential alongside those they have influenced. Here is an exciting and revealing behind-the-scenes look at the spaces in which these artists work, with full-page reproductions of their artworks in progress.

Descrizione bibliografica
Title: British Artists at Work
Author: Gemma De Cruz (Texts by)
Other Authors: with additional material by Kay Hartenstein-Saatchi and Martin Maloney
Photographs by: Amanda Eliasch
Original concept by: Franca Sozzani
Publisher: New York: Assouline, 2003
Physical Description: 192 pagine; 28 cm; Fully illustrated; In shrink wrap (In pellicola termoretraibile)
Weight: 2,4 Kilograms; hundreds of b/w and colour illustrations
ISBN: 2843235057, 9782843235054
Language: English
Soggetti: Arte contemporanea, Young British Artists, Concettuale, Collezionismo, Libri illustrati, Artisti emergenti, Opere, Collezioni, Installazioni, Mostre, Astrattismo, Pittura, Scultura, Plastica, Esposizioni, Personali, Trend, Cultura, Edizioni pregiate, Moda, Fotografia, Inghilterra, Gran Bretagna, Various, Contemporary British Painting, Modern Art, Peter Thomas Blake, Britannique, Groupe d'artistes, Peintures, Aquarelles, Dessins, Gravures, Dipinti, Acquerelli, Disegni, Incisioni, Olio, Tele, Ritratti, Paesaggio, Video, Cinema, Sessualità, Pop, Fumetti, Postmoderno, Giovani, Quotazioni, Oggetti, Kartell, Design, Monument, Incisioni, Incisori, Sculture geometriche, Biomorfiche, Granito, Pietra calcarea, Marmo, Pigmenti, Malta, Acciaio inossidabile, Colori, Decorazioni, Progetti architettonici, Scenografie, Testi, Frasi, Superblack, Nero, Vantablack, Damien Hirst, Formaldeide, Stile, Prêt-à-porter, YBAs, Brit Pack, Britart, Visual, Goldsmiths College, Tattiche shock, Materiali di recupero, Charles Saatchi, Tracey Emin, Fine Art, Freeze, Videoarte, Immagini, Readymade, Turner Prize, Sensation, Biennale, Venezia, Vogue Italia, Vitrine, Tate, Anni Ottanta, Anni Novanta, Anni Duemila, Gallerie commerciali, My Bed, Femminismo, The Physical Impossibility Of Death In the Mind Of Someone Living, Libri fuori catalogo, Contemporary art, Conceptual, Collecting, Illustrated books, Emerging artists, Works, Collections, Installations, Exhibitions, Abstractionism, Painting, Sculpture, Plastic, Exhibitions, Personal, Culture, Fine editions, Fashion, Photography, England, Great Britain, Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Engravings, Oil, Canvases, Portraits, Landscape, Video, Cinema, Sexuality, Comics, Postmodern, Young people, Quotes, Objects, Engravings, Engravers, Geometric sculptures, Biomorphic, Granite, Limestone, Marble, Pigments, Mortar, Steel stainless steel, Colors, Decorations, Architectural projects, Scenography, Texts, Phrases, Black, Formaldehyde, Style, Shocking tactics, Recycled materials, Video art, Images, Venice, Italy, Eighties, Nineties, Years 2000, Commercial galleries, Feminism, Out of print books

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