Author(s): KAREN WILKIN

Artwork

The essential Morandi, in pictures and words. Giorgio Morandi's lifelong pursuit of his poetic vision in still-life and landscape paintings as well as engravings and etchings has given him a deeply revered position in the history of modern art. This volume presents the work of this private and enigmatic 20th century Bolognese artist. Influenced by the work of Giotto, as well as Cézanne, the metaphysical painters, and the cubists, Morandi's work denies any label. His still-lifes and landscapes are serene groupings of muted objects, yet Morandi provokes a tension between them which speaks of spacial relationships, negative space, and nuances of light and colour. His paintings seem to exist in a world outside of time, luminous and full of mysterious life. AUTHOR: Karen Wilkin teaches in the MFA program of the New York Studio School. She is the contributing editor for art for the Hudson Review and a regular contributor to the New Criterion, Art in America and the Wall Street Journal. SELLING POINTS: . Italian painter Giorgio Morandi (1890 1964) was an Italian painter and printmaker who specialized in still life. He is best known for painting the same familiar bottles and vases again and again - works that are notable for their simplicity of execution . Originally published in 2007, this book collects Morandi's original writings and interviews with the artist together with 100+ images to provide an overview of his career 132 colour illustrations