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Leading art critic and writer Richard Cork tells the stories of his personal encounters with some of the world's most influential modern and contemporary artists.
Richard Cork draws on his impeccable skills as a critic and writer to tell the story of his encounters with some of the world's most influential artists. Through a series of frank interviews, some scheduled, others serendipitous, he uncovers artists' inner thoughts, anxieties and creative ambitions, to reveal the personalities behind the art.
From individuals who are able to look back over a lifetime's work, such as Louise Bourgeois, Roy Lichtenstein and Jasper Johns, to young artists encountered at the beginning of their careers, including Tracey Emin and Damien Hirst, from a drive through the Yorkshire countryside with David Hockney to a tour of Soho drinking establishments with Francis Bacon, alongside remarkably insightful encounters with artists as varied as Gerhard Richter, Doris Salcedo, Sonia Boyce, Luc Tuymans and Steve McQueen, Richard Cork has found that 'talking to artists can in my experience be surprising, revealing, salutary, testing, provocative, stimulating and at times capable of overturning all my preconceptions about the individuals I encounter.'
Cork has played a significant role in popularizing late modern and contemporary art. In the words of art critic Louisa Buck, his 'lucid, even-handed and at times trenchantly critical judgement has been invaluable in helping to create the multiplicity of approach and vigorous debates of today's artistic climate'.
Contents
Foreword by Cornelia Parker
Introduction
Pablo Picasso
Henry Moore
Francis Bacon
Louise Bourgeois
Lucian Freud
Helen Frankenthaler
Roy Lichtenstein
Anthony Caro
Ian Hamilton Finlay
Jasper Johns
Bridget Riley
Gerhard Richter
Howard Hodgkin
Bettina Pousttchi
Frank Stella
David Hockney
James Turrell
Rebecca Horn and Masanori Handa
Gilbert & George
Richard Long
Rachel Whiteread
Antony Gormley
Anish Kapoor
Doris Salcedo
Luc Tuymans
Langlands and Bell
Damien Hirst
Jenny Saville
Tracey Emin
Sarah Lucas
Jake and Dinos Chapman
Sam Taylor-Wood
Steve McQueen
Annette Messager
Claes Oldenburg
Tony Cragg
Frank Auerbach and Lucian Freud
Eva Rothschild
Cornelia Parker
Sonia Boyce
