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Emily Young

Stone Carvings and Paintings
  • ISBN-13: 9781848224964
  • Publisher: LUND HUMPHRIES PUBLISHERS LTD
    Imprint: LUND HUMPHRIES PUBLISHERS LTD
  • By Jon Wood
  • Price: AUD $132.00
  • Stock: 0 in stock
  • Availability: Book will be despatched upon release.
  • Local release date: 20/09/2024
  • Format: Hardback (290.00mm X 240.00mm) 216 pages Weight: 0g
  • Categories: Sculpture [AFKB]
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  • A beautifully produced survey of the work of Emily Young (b.1951) who has been called Britains greatest living stone sculptor

Exploring Emily Young’s carved works from the 1980s to the present, Jon Wood’s thoughtful survey places her sculpture within its resonant contexts, both art historical and more broadly cultural. In doing so, it draws attention to the richness of her sculptural imagination and the issues that charge it, from ecology and environmentalism to poetry and philosophy. The inclusion of Youngs early paintings also draws out her long-standing preoccupation with narrative. Probing the relationship between the artists sculpture and the material life of things, Youngs original way of thinking, seeing and feeling is skilfully presented, so enriching our understanding of this important contemporary figure.

Dr Jon Wood is an art historian and curator specialising in modern and contemporary sculpture. He worked as Head of Research at the Henry Moore Institute and was editor of the Sculpture Journal. He has co-edited major sculpture anthologies including Contemporary Sculpture: Artists’ Writings and Interviews (2020) and Modern Sculpture Reader (2012). Recent publications include Michael Sandle: Works on Paper (2023), William Turnbull: International Modern Artist (2022), A Democratic Process: Bill Woodrow and Richard Deacon (2021), and Tony Cragg: Stacks (2020).

Introduction; Chapter 1: Formations; Chapter 2: Paintings, Sculpture and the Landscape of Inner Experience; Chapter 3: Carving Stones; Emily Young Images; Solo Exhibitions; Selected Group Exhibitions; Public Collections and Permanent Installations; Bibliography; Acknowledgements; Index




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