Hospital: an Art Project by Robert Priseman |
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| Author:
| Priseman, Robert
Iversen, Margaret
Cranfield, Ben |
| ISBN: | 978-1-5061-9674-9 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2015 |
| Publisher: | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $17.00 |
Book Description:
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An small booklet which explores the series of paintings 'Hospital' by the British artist Robert Priseman. Accompanied by essays from Professor Margaret Iversen and Dr Ben Cranfield, this important series of paintings was produced between 2004-2006. Key influences are Edward Hopper's alienating worlds of urban isolation and Magritte's painting of 1954 'The Empire of Lights' where life is seen to be in a delicate state of flux and transition. This is echoed in the 'Hospital' series where...
More DescriptionAn small booklet which explores the series of paintings 'Hospital' by the British artist Robert Priseman. Accompanied by essays from Professor Margaret Iversen and Dr Ben Cranfield, this important series of paintings was produced between 2004-2006. Key influences are Edward Hopper's alienating worlds of urban isolation and Magritte's painting of 1954 'The Empire of Lights' where life is seen to be in a delicate state of flux and transition. This is echoed in the 'Hospital' series where medical environments view the human body without hierarchy or function, but existing between two states of being.