Anne Desmet Towers and Transformations [Paperback]

Anne Desmet (Author), Timothy Wilson (Author)

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Publication Date: July 1999

Exhibition catalogue by one of the outstanding talents of present-day print making.

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About the Author

Timothy Wilson is Keeper of Western Art in the Ashmolean Museum and one of the world's foremost authorities on maiolica.

Product Details

• Paperback: 60 pages
• Publisher: Ashmolean Museum (July 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1854441116
• ISBN-13: 978-1854441119
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 8.4 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.9 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,128,235 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars The lost tribe of British Engravers, October 24, 2008

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This review is from: Anne Desmet Towers and Transformations (Paperback)

There just isn't enough work about Anne desmets work, and this book barely gives a sliver of an insight, little more.

Desmet is clearly important but determining if that importance is in the larger sphere of British art or only amongst the remnant of British wood engravers is a big call at this time and this book provides few clues.

My own gut feeling is that Anne Desmet is a little bogged down in academic intellectual debates about the nature of this and that and the validity of post (place whatever "ism" is currently fashionable here). Her work though defends itself and speaks for itself, intricate, precise and enticing, food for the imagination, aesthetically reconciled. Her work could easily exist outside of the British intellectual artisti debates, it really is that good.

If you are a student of wood engraving or printmaking then this is a must see or own book.

British art collectors seem to have missed the boat in this instance (don't misunderstand me I am sure her work sells very well, but she probably ought to have the status/public awareness of the chapman twins or some of the other YBA).

5.0 out of 5 stars A Comprehensive Look at a Modern Master, December 6, 2011

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This review is from: Anne Desmet Towers and Transformations (Paperback)

In 2011, Anne Desmet was accepted into the esteemed Royal Academy of the Arts. This catalogue from her 1998 retrospective exhibition at The Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, England, showcases a selection of her remarkable prints & collages, created between 1984-1998. Anne Desmet is a wonderful contemporary artist and a leading authority on the art of printmaking. She is the editor of 'Printmaking Today' magazine and has written & contributed to Handmade Prints and Primary Prints.