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Re-inventing
the Landscape: contemporary painters and Dorset
Author: Vivienne Light Richly illustrated with 58 colour images and dramatic landscape photography, this book is for all who love Dorset and are interested in contemporary art.
Reviews:Dorset Echo, Jeremy Miles, January 24, 2002 It is no accident that some of the finest contemporary artists working in Britain today draw inspiration from the Dorset landscape and coastline…. Re-inventing the Landscape examines the work of eleven contemporary artists whose work reflects the extraordinary sense of place… Vivienne Light's keen understanding of the work of her chosen artists is instantly evident. Her words also convey much about the personalities behind the paintings…who offer a new way of seeing the Dorset landscape through their work. Enjoying this book is akin to experiencing the county afresh through the artists' eyes. Martin Hampton has provided some emotionally charged photographic images which evoke Dorset in yet another dimension, and Sarah Jane Jackson has pulled all together with subtle, authoritative layout design.
Evolver : Emma Dolman , Arts Council, Southern Light treats names such as Martyn Brewster, George Dannatt and Vanessa Gardiner with a level of seriousness and reverence that their Cornish neighbours at St. Ives have long enjoyed'.
Opening of Re-inventing The Landscape Exhibition at Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum, Bournemouth Prof. Simon Olding 25 May 2004 ...Vivienne Light’s prescient and much-needed book. It quickly found its own audience, stating the case for contemporary fine art in Dorset with grace and elegance, and making a powerful case for the originality and creativity of Dorset’s painters, and their own particular responses to the land and seascape of the County. Canterton Books has quickly become a substantial player, forging out with the quiet passion of the publisher, a distinctive contribution to art history.
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