Kent Williams

by Lucie-Smith, Edward; Williams, Kent (ART); Morton, Julia

• ISBN13: 9781934298015
• ISBN10: 1934298018
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-07-01
• Publisher: Allen Spiegel Fine Arts

Summary

In his catalogue essay on Los Angeles-based figurative painter and graphic novelist Kent Williams, Edward Lucie-Smith states, "The main thing about Williams' production, whatever form it takes, is that one feels a passionate desire to paint at work, and, in addition to that, a passionate desire to enlarge not only his own imaginative experience, but the imaginative experience of anyone who takes the trouble to give his paintings more than a glance." Quoting freely from influences like Rodin, Schiele, Kahlo, Fischl and Nerdrum, Williams makes dramatic, sexually terse and expressionistic paintings that are deeply riveting, dark and erotic. Female nudes, self-portraits, adolescent boys, landscapes and other nocturnal fantasies all play a role. Bringing together works from 1992 to present, this is the most comprehensive collection of paintings and drawings by Williams to date.

Table of Contents

Kent Williams	p. 9
Kent Williams, Living Form	p. 17
Plates	p. 23
Exhibitions / Bibliography	p. 166
Acknowledgments	p. 167
Colophon	p. 168
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