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Sculpting Colour –
As we start the New Year some of us may or may not have fresh ambitions and initiatives.UK Book PR and UK PR Agency for Authors is our life.
This year I am also proud to announce the release of my book ‘Sculpting Colour’ which has been written by Alex Leith,
Featuring my sculptures and paintings created over the last 30 years.
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This is ultimately a biography of my life journey and how positivity can indeed arise out of adversity.
It is dedicated to my dearest friend Paul Tay.
‘We’ve humoured you so far, but we are not going to any further. You’ve got to understand that art is for people who are not very clever.’
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Hockney –
The first art book I bought was David Hockney’s, Cameraworks.
A spectacularly illustrated as well as a book devoted to Hockney’s fascination with photography. In addition to including details of insightful interviews with Hockney.
Hockney said to author Lawrence Weschler,’
All you can do with most ordinary photographs is stare at them—they stare back, blankly—and presently your concentration begins to fade.
They stare you down.’
But of course, Hockney’s work is never ordinary, he is more intent in depicting how events capture your eye, using the camera as his ‘drawing tool’.
The constant discussions between photographers as well as artists and their influence upon each other impacts on all artists and the power of photography cannot be denied.
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The recent finalists in ‘Portrait of Britain 2024’ highlighted some very moving works from a selection of our best British photographers.
No doubt the power of capturing those instant moments has depicted many stories in these portraits.
As Hockney said.
‘the best portrait photographs are those that capture in a fraction of a second. A period of time that looked as though it had been longer.’
In other words my bookcase includes artists and sculptors that I love.
Influences –
Influencing my appreciation of art, sculpture and architecture from Hockney and Miotte to Rodin, Bacon, Richter and Alison Wilding.
The well thumbed Miotte,’ La Difference’ holds a special place on the shelf .
Yet the largest collection probably belongs to Bacon.
A favourite being ‘A Retrospective’, where Bacon’s private life and his working methods are also passionately highlighted.
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‘A Retrospective’ shares much about the genius.
As with most artists our understanding of their works can be very much influenced by our knowledge of their private lives.
This book as well gives a great insight into the man whose theory of ‘deeply ordered chaos’ appeals to me.
Not to mention being one of the greatest masters of 20th Century art.
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