Whether painting a mysterious bearded figure floating on a flat wash of blue or a winter landscape glimpsed through a thick web of branches, Peter Doig harnesses the materiality of his medium to create what he calls 'abstractions of memories', distilling recollected sensations into moments of pure sentience, like scenes in a series of mysterious narratives. In Gasthof zur Muldentalsperre (2000-2) two costumed figures stand guard at a low stone wall while behind them a reservoir reflects a twinkling starry sky. The young man ...
Read More
Whether painting a mysterious bearded figure floating on a flat wash of blue or a winter landscape glimpsed through a thick web of branches, Peter Doig harnesses the materiality of his medium to create what he calls 'abstractions of memories', distilling recollected sensations into moments of pure sentience, like scenes in a series of mysterious narratives. In Gasthof zur Muldentalsperre (2000-2) two costumed figures stand guard at a low stone wall while behind them a reservoir reflects a twinkling starry sky. The young man bundled up against the cold in Blotter (1993) contemplates his reflection in a frozen pond, while in Red Boat (Imaginary Boys) (2004) six men in white shirts navigate upstream through a dense tropical landscape. Doig's work has been exhibited at the world's top museums, including The Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Centre Pompidou in Paris and the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa, and has been selected for contemporary art's most important international exhibitions, such as the SITE Santa Fe Biennial (2006), the Tate Triennial (2003 and 2006) and the Venice Biennale (2003). Although his work has had an enormous impact on contemporary painting, paving the way for a whole generation of idiosyncratic figurative painters, his painted worlds are without parallel. Raised in Canada, based in London for two decades and now living in Trinidad, Doig has tallied a wide range of references, not only geographic (from French modernist architecture to the ski slopes of Quebec) but also artistic (from Ernst Kirchner to Philip Guston) and musical (from punk to calypso). Sometimes these references lurk in plain sight - Figure in Mountain Landscape (1997-8) is based on a photograph of Group of Seven painter Franklin Carmichael - but most often they lie deep below the churning surface of the canvas. In the Interview Kitty Scott asks the artist about his shifting sense of place and the way it continues to shape his work. In the Survey Adrian Searle considers how the paradoxical union of highly charged technique and muted subject matter lend the artist's paintings their unique 'emotional weather'. Catherine Grenier's Focus centres on the painting 100 Years Ago, examining its movement along axes of time and place, both historical and imaginary. In the Artist's Choice, Hannes Schneider & Arnold Fanck's text on skiing recalls the artist's longtime fascination with the sport while evoking the grace and physicality of his painting. Artist's Writings include a 2001 interview featuring questions from a range of artists, curators and critics; an appreciation of the work of Pierre Bonnard; and the artist's ten favourite 'house painters'.
Read Less
Add this copy of Peter Doig to cart. $75.00, like new condition, Sold by Moe's Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Berkeley, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2007 by Phaidon.
Add this copy of Peter Doig to cart. $80.00, very good condition, Sold by Treehorn Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Santa Rosa, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2007 by Phaidon Press.
Add this copy of Peter Doig (Phaidon Contemporary Artists Series) to cart. $105.99, good condition, Sold by 84 Charing Cross Road Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Cambridge, CAMBS, UNITED KINGDOM, published 2011 by Phaidon Press.
Choose your shipping method in Checkout. Costs may vary based on destination.
Seller's Description:
Collectable-Good Condition in Good jacket. 9780714845043. Art and Design. VG-/Good+ 2011 reprint Phaidon paperback with unclipped DJ, profusely illustrated. Small torn piece from top of jacket spine and minor lower front corner bump, well-preserved, bright and unmarked. Size: 10 x 0.75 x 11.5 inches. 160 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Art & Design; Art and Design; The Arts; The Arts: treatments and subjects; ISBN: 0714845043. ISBN/EAN: 9780714845043. Dewey Code: 759.2. The photos provided are of our own book, further photos may be arranged upon request. Inventory No: 092170.
Add this copy of Peter Doig (Phaidon Contemporary Artist Series) to cart. $124.75, new condition, Sold by GridFreed rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from North Las Vegas, NV, UNITED STATES, published 2007 by Phaidon Press.
Add this copy of Peter Doig (Phaidon Contemporary Artists Series) to cart. $126.94, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2007 by Phaidon Press.
Add this copy of Peter Doig (Phaidon Contemporary Artists Series) to cart. $127.50, new condition, Sold by Griffin Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Stamford, CT, UNITED STATES, published 2006 by Phaidon Press.
Add this copy of Peter Doig (Phaidon Contemporary Artists Series) to cart. $127.50, like new condition, Sold by Griffin Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Stamford, CT, UNITED STATES, published 2006 by Phaidon Press.
Add this copy of Peter Doig to cart. $142.44, new condition, Sold by Amedeo Art Advisory, ships from New Fairfield, CT, UNITED STATES, published 2007 by Phaidon Press.
Add this copy of Peter Doig (Inscribed By Artist) to cart. $265.00, very good condition, Sold by JWMah rated 2.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Seattle, WA, UNITED STATES, published 2007 by Phaidon.
Choose your shipping method in Checkout. Costs may vary based on destination.
Seller's Description:
Very Good in Very Good jacket. 4to-over 9¾"-12" Inscribed By Artist (UK) Presumed 1st edition. INSCRIBED BY ARTIST: " For C---/ from Peter/ Emily Carr/ 2008" no other markings, Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. Wraps, 160pp, colour reproductions of artworks and paintings. Doig is a Scottish painter. One of the most renowned living figurative painters, he has settled in Trinidad since 2002. In 2007, his painting White Canoe sold at Sotheby's for $11.3 million, then an auction record for a living European artist. Doig was awared an Honorary Doctorate degree by Emily Carr University in Vancouver in 2008. A heavy book. (2.9 JM LVR 202/b3.
