Edited with text by Sara Harrison. Text by Hans Ulrich Obrist.
Reproducing over 200 works on paper from the past 50 years, this retrospective publication presents a crucial part of British sculptor Phyllida Barlow's (born 1944) oeuvre. Designed by Japanese graphic designer Takaaki Matsumoto, the book will be published alongside the Hauser & Wirth London exhibition opening in late May 2014. A never-before-published interview between the artist and Hans Ulrich Obrist provides insight into drawings that are not preparations but, rather, daily exercises done before, during and after the creation of her sculptures. While the works on paper range in style, they demonstrate a consistency in color and form in their exploration of ideas related to structures, architectural interiors and urban surroundings. Barlow's works on paper date back to the early 1960s when she was a student at Chelsea College of Art in London.
In her introduction to JRP|Ringier's superb new Phyllida Barlow survey, Fifty Years of Drawings, Hauser & Wirth senior director Sara Harrison writes, "Most of Phyllida Barlow’s sculptures from the last fifty years have been destroyed. The materials were either disposed of or recycled into new works. This decision was initially motivated by necessity (lack of space, finance, etc.), but over time this process of destruction has become part of Barlow’s questioning of sculpture’s traditional values of permanence, durability, and longevity. What survives from the last decades is a rich archive of drawings dating back to the 1960s. These provide the artist’s own account of the missing sculptures. Moreover they are an integral part of her artistic output: works in their own right." The untitled early-70s pencil drawing featured here is reproduced from Phyllida Barlow: Fifty Years of Drawings. continue to blog
FORMAT: Hbk, 9.75 x 12.75 in. / 244 pgs / 195 color. LIST PRICE: U.S. $80.00 LIST PRICE: CANADA $107.5 ISBN: 9783037643662 PUBLISHER: JRP|Ringier AVAILABLE: 9/30/2014 DISTRIBUTION: D.A.P. RETAILER DISC: TRADE PUBLISHING STATUS: Out of print AVAILABILITY: Not available TERRITORY: WORLD Excl FR DE AU CH
Published by JRP|Ringier. Edited with text by Sara Harrison. Text by Hans Ulrich Obrist.
Reproducing over 200 works on paper from the past 50 years, this retrospective publication presents a crucial part of British sculptor Phyllida Barlow's (born 1944) oeuvre. Designed by Japanese graphic designer Takaaki Matsumoto, the book will be published alongside the Hauser & Wirth London exhibition opening in late May 2014. A never-before-published interview between the artist and Hans Ulrich Obrist provides insight into drawings that are not preparations but, rather, daily exercises done before, during and after the creation of her sculptures. While the works on paper range in style, they demonstrate a consistency in color and form in their exploration of ideas related to structures, architectural interiors and urban surroundings. Barlow's works on paper date back to the early 1960s when she was a student at Chelsea College of Art in London.
