Encounters: New Art from Old

by Richard Morphet, Robert Rosenblum (Introduction)

Edited by Richard MorphetIntroductory essay by Robert RosenblumContributory essays by Judith Bumpus, Marco Livingstone, Keith Hartley, and Andrew LambirthAs part of its millennium celebrations, the National Gallery, London has invited more than twenty major contemporary artists to create a new work in response to a painting in the Gallery's collection. This extraordinary book presents the diverse new works alongside the paintings that inspired them, and, based on extensive interviews with the artists, it discusses the relations between the new creations and the art of the past. Copublished with the National Gallery, London

336 pages, Paperback

First published August 11, 2000

Reviews

[Ellen Johnson · Rating 3 out of 5]

result of a project where different contemporary artists used classic pieces as inspiration. The best thing was the many different styles and ways of interpreting the pieces. Innteresting look at how to get ideas and work with them.