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About The Book
Wylie’s source material is culled from the vast visual world around her, ranging from sixteenth-century British estates to Serena Williams and the French Open. While initially these may seem random or aesthetically simplistic, through the nuanced use of humor, language, and compositional structure, Wylie creates wittily observed and subtly sophisticated meditations on the nature of memory, and visual representation itself, in line with the paintings she has become known for over the course of her career.
A new essay by art critic Michael Glover explores the remarkable painter whose work has “spark, assurance, brash humor, an extraordinary, freewheeling eclecticism that seems to be just as ready to suck in references to the art of Ptolemaic Egypt and Roman portraiture as to pay homage to the films of Quentin Tarantino and the late paintings of Philip Guston.” Part of David Zwirner Books’s Spotlight Series, this book features Wylie’s newest paintings and drawings and is published on the occasion of the artist’s 2020 solo exhibition of these works at David Zwirner Hong Kong.
Product Details
- Publisher: David Zwirner Books (March 31, 2020)
- Length: 76 pages
- ISBN13: 9781644230299
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Raves and Reviews
"Rose Wylie's painting a noun...exhibition is truly one-of-a-kind."
– Staff, Time Out Hong Kong
"Expect a riot of colourful and unruly compositions, which delight with their exuberance."
– Staff, Sassy Hong Kong
"In their multiple points of reference, and visual gourmandising, Wylie’s paintings are a reminder of how things coexist in our mind’s eye and how the memory of a place or time is never a simple, fixed thing: merely a few threads plucked in the moment from a shimmering tangle."
– Hettie Judah, Art UK
"She eschews art-world artiness; instead, the paintings are unaffected and joyful, and critics are captivated."
– Harriet Baker, Apollo
"Wylie fearlessly tackles the thorniest topics head-on, committing her thoughts and questions about politics, religion, fame, love, history, money and nature to canvas."
– Charlotte Brook, Harper’s Bazaar
"While Rose Wylie’s artworks on first glance appear simplistic or even naive, a closer examination reveals many fascinating details and reminds the viewer of the cartoon-like images of Philip Guston and Jean Michel Basquiat."
– Joanne Shurvell, Forbes
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