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Overlay: Contemporary Art and the Art of Prehistory

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Working with many artists, this is one of the most thumbed books in the sculpture workshop library and I am finally buying a copy as that one keeps going missing. The pictures and diagrams are visually exciting and informative - they must be or the artists wouldnt be interested enough to want to covert the book! The text is informative and helpful when looking for inspiration and you continuously get the feeling "why hadn't I noticed that before" when flipping through the book. Its very readable and not too convoluted, it gives you a taster to want to go on to find out more about ancient art forms. It gives you the freedom to create art, as you no longer feel the need for any art to be original, once you've read this book you'll realise that no art is ever truely original, be it ancient or contemporary, and yet it can all be exciting.

I didn't just read this book. I wore it out. Everyone I loaned it to ended up buying a copy. I think it's about time to buy a new copy for myself. Every artist, no matter which media, should own this book. You will find yourself looking at it time after time.

I love Lucy Lippard's writings, but this book is hopelessly outdated, detailed primarily the work of Anglo artists playing at Neo-Paganism.