{"product_id":"ed-atkins-9781849769358","title":"Ed Atkins","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eEd Atkins\u003c\/em\u003e accompanies a major exhibition at Tate Britain, running from 2 April to 25 August 2025. This career-spanning publication showcases a collection of paintings, writings, embroideries, and drawings, alongside Atkins's renowned moving-image works presented in large-scale installations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor over a decade, Ed Atkins has been creating videos and animations that explore the narrowing gap between representation and embodied experience. By using his own desires, experiences, and body as a model, Atkins's works engage with contemporary technologies of representation, critically examining their impact on images and our self-perception.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTroubled by melancholy, yet often infused with humour, his works juxtapose the immateriality of digital life with the tactile world of craft and touch. They serve as allegories for profound experiences of loss, intimacy, and love.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis ambitious publication offers a radical overview of Atkins's career, featuring a wide array of paintings, writings, embroideries, and drawings in addition to the moving-image works for which he is best known. Essays by leading scholars, authors, and curators, along with previously unpublished behind-the-scenes photographs and a curated selection of new drawings, collectively examine Atkins's practice. They ask the question: what kind of realism is at stake here?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Thames and Hudson (Australia) Pty Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46985514090732,"sku":"9781849769358","price":90.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/16335243482846.jpg?v=1762985946","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/ed-atkins-9781849769358","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}