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    James Nares

    Author Amy Taubin, Glenn O'Brien, Ed Halter
    Contributions by Christopher Wool
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    Hardcover
    $75.00 US
    Rizzoli | Skira Rizzoli
    10.4"W x 12.3"H x 1.31"D   | 79 oz | 6 per carton
    On sale Apr 22, 2014 | 272 Pages | 9780847842575
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    This long-awaited comprehensive monograph on James Nares brings together his paintings and films. Upon his arrival in New York in 1974, British-born James Nares became a central member of the city's vibrant No Wave art scene, making experimental Super 8 films, playing in downtown bands, and staging live performances. The following decade, he turned to painting, using handmade brushes to create monumental strokes that are almost three-dimensional in their detail and depth. Today, Nares continues to employ the mediums of film and paint to explore physicality, motion, and the unfolding of time, as seen in his 2011 video Street, exhibited to great acclaim at such institutions as the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

    This definitive monograph, produced in close collaboration with the artist, surveys the entirety of Nares's career. Lushly illustrated, including paintings, photographs, and stills that have never before been published, the book features essays by leading film critic Amy Taubin, cultural writer Glenn O'Brien, and innovative film curator Ed Halter in addition to an illuminating conversation between Nares and longtime friend and fellow artist Christopher Wool.
    "...enchanting new design book...." -Architectural Digest
    Amy Taubin is a contributing editor of Film Comment and Sight & Sound and frequently writes on film for Artforum. Glenn O'Brien's cultural commentary has been widely published since his early years at Warhol's Factory. Ed Halter is the cofounder and codirector of Light Industry, a venue for film and electronic art in Brooklyn, New York. Christopher Wool is a New York-based artist.
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    This long-awaited comprehensive monograph on James Nares brings together his paintings and films. Upon his arrival in New York in 1974, British-born James Nares became a central member of the city's vibrant No Wave art scene, making experimental Super 8 films, playing in downtown bands, and staging live performances. The following decade, he turned to painting, using handmade brushes to create monumental strokes that are almost three-dimensional in their detail and depth. Today, Nares continues to employ the mediums of film and paint to explore physicality, motion, and the unfolding of time, as seen in his 2011 video Street, exhibited to great acclaim at such institutions as the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

    This definitive monograph, produced in close collaboration with the artist, surveys the entirety of Nares's career. Lushly illustrated, including paintings, photographs, and stills that have never before been published, the book features essays by leading film critic Amy Taubin, cultural writer Glenn O'Brien, and innovative film curator Ed Halter in addition to an illuminating conversation between Nares and longtime friend and fellow artist Christopher Wool.

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    "...enchanting new design book...." -Architectural Digest

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    Amy Taubin is a contributing editor of Film Comment and Sight & Sound and frequently writes on film for Artforum. Glenn O'Brien's cultural commentary has been widely published since his early years at Warhol's Factory. Ed Halter is the cofounder and codirector of Light Industry, a venue for film and electronic art in Brooklyn, New York. Christopher Wool is a New York-based artist.
    Amy Taubin View titles by Amy Taubin
    Glenn O'Brien View titles by Glenn O'Brien
    Ed Halter View titles by Ed Halter

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