Ptolemy Mann: Thread Painting
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Ptolemy Mann: Thread Painting
The first monograph on British artist Ptolemy Mann is a celebration of her unique weaving and painting practice and extraordinary use of color. Thread Painting is an original exploration of the relationships between dye, thread, paper, paint and time.
The first monograph on British artist Ptolemy Mann is a celebration of her unique weaving and painting practice and extraordinary use of colour.
The first monograph on British artist Ptolemy Mann is a celebration of her unique weaving and painting practice and extraordinary use of colour.
British artist Ptolemy Mann's studio practice bridges weaving and painting, creating distinctive, refined and radiant wall-based work, often on a large scale. Her early work was focused on weaving, and she then turned to painting on paper, later combining the two to paint directly onto her hand-woven artworks.
Focusing on the past decade, Thread Painting features over 140 stunning, full-colour images of these three phases in Mann's artistic career, and is her first published monograph. Thread Painting includes written contributions from Ann Coxon, curator of international art at Tate Modern, and Chloรซ Ashby, arts critic and author. A conversation between Mann and childhood friend, artist and stage designer Es Devlin sheds light on Mann's early influences and her meticulous process.
Thread Painting is a celebration of Mann's unique work during a fascinating decade of artistic output, exploring the relationships between dye, thread, paper, paint and time.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9780903696746
Publisher: Hurtwood Press
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 09 May 2024
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Hurtwood Press
Illustration: 145 Illustrations, color
Contributors:
- Interviewer Es Devlin
- Text by Ann Coxon
- Text by Chloรซ Ashby
- By Ptolemy Mann
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Width: 235.0mm
Height: 300.0mm
Weight: 1760g
Pages: 260
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About the Author
Ptolemy Mann (b. 1972) is an artist based in East Sussex, England, who creates paintings and hand-dyed and woven artworks underpinned by intelligent colour theory. She describes her largescale, emotive work as flirting with the dynamics of restriction, control and spontaneity. Mann studied at Central Saint Martins and the Royal College, where she explored the possibilities of her chosen materials. Mann lectures regularly, writes for the magazine Selvedge, curates and has received three grants from the Arts Council of England. She is represented by Taste Contemporary in Geneva, Gallery Lau in Munich and Findlay Galleries in the USA.
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