Nature Morte

Contemporary artists reinvigorate the Still-Life tradition

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Provocative, poignant reimaginings of the still life by over 180 international contemporary artists

This visually stunning book reveals how leading artists of the twenty-first century are reinvigorating the still life, a genre previously synonymous with the sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Old Masters.

Michael Petry?s careful curation celebrates works by emerging and established artists alike, from all over the globe, including John Currin, Elmgreen & Dragset, Renata Hegyi, Damien Hirst, David Hockney, Jeff Koons, Beatriz Milhazes, Gabriel Orozco, Elizabeth Peyton, Marc Quinn, Sam Taylor-Wood and Ai Weiwei.

Short but compelling introductions begin each chapter and are followed by dramatic, visually led spreads that pair each work with a perceptive reading of its significance to the still-life tradition.
Extent: 288 pp
Format: Paperback with flaps
Illustrations: 391
Publication date: 2016-07-28
Size: 27.5 x 22.7 cm
ISBN: 9780500292235
Introduction • 1: Flora • 2: Food • 3: House & Home • 4: Fauna • 5: Death

Press Reviews

A cabinet of curiosities, both beautiful and weird
Peter Conrad, Observer

Highlights the rich tradition that looms behind even the starkest conceptual art
World of Interiors



About the Author

Michael Petry is an artist, author and Director of the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), London. Petry's recent solo shows were at the Holburne Museum, Bath and Pallant House, Chichester. 'Author Portrait by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders'

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