Glenys Barton 1997

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Glenys Barton's supreme art as a sculptor in ceramics has been celebrated ever since she left the Royal College of Art. From her subsequent spell as artist-in-residence at Wedgwood, she proceeded to contemplative exploration of the human spirit in the tranquil timeless heads and more specific portraits of artist friends, patrons and family. This book was published to coincide with exhibitions at the National Portrait Gallery, Manchester City Art Gallery, Flowers East and Stoke on Trent City Museum and Art Gallery. The illuminating text is written by Robin Gibson, Chief Curator of the National Portrait Gallery, and eminent critic Edward Lucie-Smith. The photography is by Adrian Flowers This comprehensive survey of the sculptor's life and art encompasses all the beauty and serenity of Glenys Barton's sculpture.

British Abstract Painting 2001

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Flowers East's exhibition British Abstract Painting in 2001 followed up on the 1995 exhibition British Abstract Art: Part 1, Painting, looking at how the genre has progressed in the intervening years. Over sixty artists took part, including Albert Irvin, Trevor Sutton, Gillian Ayres, Basil Beattie, Stephen Buckley, Bernard Cohen, Michael Kidner, Tess Jaray and John McLean, all of whom participated in the first exhibition. Some brilliant younger painters showed at the Gallery for the first time including Jane Bustin, Alan Brooks, Caroline De Lannoy, Melanie Comber, Alexis Harding and Jason Martin. British Abstract Painting is a fully illustrated book, with text by Matthew Collings.

British Figurative Art, Part 1: Painting 1997

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In this age of photography, video and installation art, there are those who decry the emphatic persistence of figurative painting. What can the painted image express that other more 'modern' media cannot? Martin Gayford's authoritative text seeks to answer this and other fundamental questions by examining the wealth of approaches currently employed by British artists painting the human figure. His comprehensive survey ranges from the elder statesmen of the genre such as Freud, Hockney, Auerbach and Bellany through to rising starts like Alison Watt, Jenny Saville and Tai-Shan Schierenberg. Figurative painting, it appears, is as relevant and dynamic as ever.