Photographic Realism: The Art of Richard Billingham Contributor(s): Cashell, Kieran (Author) |
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ISBN: 1350108693 ISBN-13: 9781350108691 Publisher: Bloomsbury Visual Arts OUR PRICE: $128.25 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 2020 |
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BISAC Categories: - Photography | Criticism |
Physical Information: 264 pages |
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Publisher Description: One of the most captivating and provocative artists of the Sensation generation, Richard Billingham (b. 1970) came to prominence in the late 1990s with his visceral photobook Ray's a Laugh, a slice of everyday life in a high-rise sink estate in the British West Midlands. This book is the first comprehensive discussion of Billingham's art practice. Articulating the socio-historical, aesthetic, geographical as well as anthropological aspects of Billingham's art, the book situates his work within the British neorealist tradition in visual art, cinema and |