Full-color, museum-quality reproductions of new work by exciting English-born, New York City-based artist Trevor Winkfield, with a critical appreciation by Jed Perl.With references to heraldic devices and the conventions of Medieval manuscript illustration, Winkfield creates a reflection of a thoroughly modern world that combines pop-modernism and iconic romanticism. Using an abundance of symbols, Winkfield creates an inherent tension in the work, juxtaposing highly-disciplined, stylized forms with unrestrained fantasy of ...
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Full-color, museum-quality reproductions of new work by exciting English-born, New York City-based artist Trevor Winkfield, with a critical appreciation by Jed Perl.With references to heraldic devices and the conventions of Medieval manuscript illustration, Winkfield creates a reflection of a thoroughly modern world that combines pop-modernism and iconic romanticism. Using an abundance of symbols, Winkfield creates an inherent tension in the work, juxtaposing highly-disciplined, stylized forms with unrestrained fantasy of image.In his accompanying essay, critic Jed Perl notes this polarity as, ... an art of cool surfaces and madcap subjects and writes that ... (An) inimitable aura of oddity and aplomb, the two sensationally mixed, is something that you find in all Winkfield's best work. With an introduction by John Ashbery.
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Add this copy of Pageant (Art Profile) to cart. $89.95, very good condition, Sold by michael diesman rated 2.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Flushing, NY, UNITED STATES, published 1997 by Hard Press Editions.
Add this copy of Trevor Winkfield's Pageant to cart. $100.00, like new condition, Sold by Between the Covers-Rare Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Gloucester City, NJ, UNITED STATES, published 1997 by Hard Press, Inc.
Add this copy of Trevor Winkfield's Pageant to cart. $250.00, like new condition, Sold by Revere Books, ABAA & IOBA, ships from Fernandina Beach, FL, UNITED STATES, published 1997 by Hard Press, Inc..
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Fine in Not Issued jacket. Limited Edition. Signed by Artist and Contributors First edition, limited issue of 100 numbered copies signed by Winkfield, Jed Perl and John Ashbery on the limitation page of a total edition of 2000. Copy #47. Perfect-bound pictoral wraps with French-fold flaps. Color and black and white illustrations by Winkfield. Text by Perl and Introduction by Ashbery. Sticker with isbn on rear panel as issued. Fine condition.
