Leidy Churchman: Crocodile - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0998632694 ISBN 13: 9780998632698

Publisher: Dancing Foxes Press/CCS Bard, 2019

Synopsis

Ranging from figurative representation to gestural abstraction, monumental landscape paintings to more intimate portraits, the oeuvre of American painter Leidy Churchman (born 1979) channels his artistic and literary influences, friendships, moods, surrounding landscapes and the visual iconography of divergent religions and philosophies.

Crocodile highlights the artist’s investigations into consciousness in his renderings of anthropomorphic animals and psychological states; his appropriation of existing artworks and aesthetics; and his recasting of various signs and symbols, from his depiction of the Buddhist symbol of the protector deity in Mahakala (2017) to the Mastercard logo in Mastercard (2013).

Churchman, who divides his time between New York and Maine, emerges here as a dynamic protagonist of contemporary American painting. In addition to collecting 90 reproductions of works, the book features artwork made especially for it, plus texts by Ruba Katrib, Alex Kitnik and Arnisa Zeqo, in addition to a conversation between Churchman and Lauren Cornell.

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Review:

Churchman seems to be painting as a way to better comprehend his subjects; the canvases feel like dedications, striving to embody someone or something’s true nature. (Alex Jen Hyperallergic)

About this edition

• Publisher: Dancing Foxes Press/CCS Bard
• Publication date: 2019
• ISBN 10: 0998632694
• ISBN 13: 9780998632698
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 144
• Editor: Kelly Karen