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Binding: HardcoverDewey Decimal Number: 709 EAN: 9781858944562 ISBN: 1858944562 Label: Merrell Publishers Manufacturer: Merrell Publishers Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 192 Publication Date: 2008-09 Publisher: Merrell Publishers Studio: Merrell Publishers Related Items:
Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Product Description: One of AmericaÂ’s pre-eminent painters, George Tooker (born 1920) is known for his haunting works that evoke the alienation and anonymity of urban life. Working in egg tempera, a Renaissance medium that produces a luminous quality yet requires meticulous application, Tooker first came to prominence as part of the post-war Magic Realist movement, creating surrealistic visions that captured the uncertainty of the Cold War era. Often compared with Hopper and Wyeth, Tooker continues to examine modern life with his disquieting imagery. This beautifully produced book, published to coincide with the first major retrospective in 30 years, features superb reproductions of TookerÂ’s timeless paintings, and includes essays offering new perspectives on his passion for composition, his spirituality and his exploration of identity. Average Rating:
 Rating: - masterful, sensitive paintings of angst in modern societyA portal onto George Tooker's unsettling paintings is a 1997 New Yorker cartoon by Tom Cheney titled Skeleton in Cubicle. In the middle of a group of nine office cubicles is a skeleton in a suit jacket. The office workers in the eight surrounding cubicles go on with their work as if nothing is out of the ordinary. The message, here in a macabrely humorous cartoon in a mass-market periodical, about the soullessness and anonymity of modern life is clear. In his paintings, Tooker (born in Brooklyn, ... Read More Rating: - Beautifully presentedA large (10" x 11"), almost square format paperback with fold out cover which is illustrated throughout predominantly in full colour. Following the introduction which provides a brief biography of the artist, the books proceeds to consider the paintings chronologically. Each painting is discussed in detail; the intelligent and accessible commentary taking into account relevant events in the artist's life that might bear influence on the work. The book concludes with an illustrated (black and white) ... Read More Rating: - fine art indeedGeorge Tooker is surprisingly fresh and intriguing, misteryous and subtle. Like Garver says, he is a classic in modern times, perfectly integrated though. I always wanted an art book with his works, but only now I had this occasion, thanks to amazon! Rating: - George Tooker is a geniusGeorge Tooker is a genius, and this book certainly does his work the justice it deserves. His lifetime's portfolio is lovingly reproduced, along with study drawings for many of the paintings, and explanations as well. The emphasis in this art book is on the pictures, rather than the text... highly recommended. (By me at least.) 
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