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Gill Perry (contributor) and
Jon Bird
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Publisher
Reaktion Books
Publication date
March 15, 2016
Pages
151
Binding
Hardcover
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9781780235820
ISBN-10
1780235828
Dimensions
1 by 6.50 by 8.75 in.
Weight
1.14 lbs.
Published in
Great Britain
Original list price
$25.00
Other format details
university press
Summaries and Reviews
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Leon Golub (1922â2004) is best known for his iconic history paintings of mercenaries, interrogations, torture scenes, and the riots of the 1980s and â90s. Published to accompany an exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery in London running from March  through November 2016, this collection of nearly all of Golubâs political portraits from 1975â1978, almost 100 paintings, offers a rich survey of his powerful style with analysis from curator Jon Bird and professor of art history Gill Perry.
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Bird and Perry examine the ways Golub increasingly explored the effects of power upon the body through facial expressions, gestures, and poses, and how he invested his characters with psychological tension and depth. As they show, Golub always derived his source material from media representations, aiming to capture the way powerâwhether political, military, or socialâis mediated through the camera lens. This âlook of powerâ is the dominant characteristic of the portraits included here, all painted as part of his Political Portraits series of the 1970s, which captured historical figuresâranging from Fidel Castro and Henry Kissinger to Pinochet and Mao Tse-Tungâat various stages of their public office. With a narrative of arrogance and venality traced clearly across the face, these portraits forcefully show that power is uncompromising. The result is a startling collection of faces, arrestingly rendered through Golubâs signature, visceral style.Â
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Bird and Perry examine the ways Golub increasingly explored the effects of power upon the body through facial expressions, gestures, and poses, and how he invested his characters with psychological tension and depth. As they show, Golub always derived his source material from media representations, aiming to capture the way powerâwhether political, military, or socialâis mediated through the camera lens. This âlook of powerâ is the dominant characteristic of the portraits included here, all painted as part of his Political Portraits series of the 1970s, which captured historical figuresâranging from Fidel Castro and Henry Kissinger to Pinochet and Mao Tse-Tungâat various stages of their public office. With a narrative of arrogance and venality traced clearly across the face, these portraits forcefully show that power is uncompromising. The result is a startling collection of faces, arrestingly rendered through Golubâs signature, visceral style.Â
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9781780235820 | details & prices | 151 pages | 6.50 × 8.75 × 1.00 in. | 1.14 lbs | List price $25.00
About: Leon Golub (1922â2004) is best known for his iconic history paintings of mercenaries, interrogations, torture scenes, and the riots of the 1980s and â90s.
About: Leon Golub (1922â2004) is best known for his iconic history paintings of mercenaries, interrogations, torture scenes, and the riots of the 1980s and â90s.
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