{"product_id":"jeremy-gardiner-strata-by-dr-judith-legrove-9781917458900","title":"Jeremy Gardiner: Strata","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eStrata\u003c\/em\u003e, containing 100 new paintings by landscape artist Jeremy Gardiner (b. 1957), celebrates the spectacular Jurassic Coast on the 25th anniversary of its designation as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Gardiner has studied this coast for decades, constantly developing new approaches to depict its changing textures.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor \u003cem\u003eStrata\u003c\/em\u003e, he visited twenty locations each year from 2018 to 2022, painting in different seasons, weather conditions, and as landfalls altered the coast. Geology is embedded in Gardiner's work through laser-cut fossils specific to the locations depicted. Breaking new ground through its conceptual rigour and assimilation of techniques informed by science, geomorphology, virtual reality and digital imaging, \u003cem\u003eStrata\u003c\/em\u003e engages with coastal landscape at a time when it is viewed increasingly as a precious, threatened asset.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLavishly illustrated, Judith LeGrove's essay, \u003cem\u003e'The Texture of Time'\u003c\/em\u003e explores the influence of contemporary art and photography on Gardiner as well as the legacy of fossilists, filmmakers, writers and conceptual artists connected with the Jurassic coast.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAn essay on deep time and the Anthropocene, by award-winning writer and Professor of Literature and the Environment, Dr David Farrier, enhances the book's significance. A 'plate' section, at the end of the publication, illustrates each of Gardiner's 100 paintings in colour.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47650111553772,"sku":"9781917458900","price":105.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781917458900-jeremy-gardiner-strata.jpg?v=1779314076","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/jeremy-gardiner-strata-by-dr-judith-legrove-9781917458900","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}