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Nigel Cooke (Contemporary artists series)

Nigel Cooke (Contemporary artists series)
Library Shelf Location 18.COOK
Publication Date 2016
Description

Nigel Cooke is known for his complex paintings, which thematically explore the meeting point between creative labour, consciousness, art history, consumer culture, and nature. Primarily centred on meticulously painted, large-scale urban landscapes, which he calls 'hybrid theatrical spaces', Cooke's work employs disparate styles, often integrating trompe l'oeil miniature rocks and trees with backdrops of graffiti-marked buildings, to create scenes conveying obscure and macabre narratives. This survey of Cooke’s career to date explores the artist's style, approach, and impact on contemporary art and includes his very latest works, completed shortly before publication.

ISBN 9780714870915
Quantity 1
Pages 160p; 25.4 x 1.3 x 29.2 cm
Authors Marie Darrieussecq, Darian Leader
Format Paperback
Publisher Phaidon Press Ltd, London
Related Artist Nigel Cooke
Categories Artist (relating to a single artist/collaborative team), Painting
Artist's Nationality British/UK
Language English

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