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* Featuring quirky, delightful illustrations by Lesley Barnes and fun, engaging text by Zoe Whitley.* New title in the popular Tate Meet the Artist series.Enter into the vivid world of Sophie Taeuber-Arp and create your own original art along the way! Meet the Artist: Sophie Taeuber-Arp is packed with make-and-dos and inspiring activities for budding young artists. Experiment with puppet making and papier-mache, make your own abstract stained glass tealight and be design a dada necklace or even become an abstract poet!The revised and expanded Meet the Artist series of activity books introduces children to renowned artists in a fun and engaging way. Every book includes an introduction to the artist's life followed by a series of activities that explore prominent themes and ideas in the artist's work. Featuring beautiful reproductions of key artworks, and illustrated by a leading contemporary illustrator, every book in the Meet the Artist series encourages children to use art to explore ideas and express their own experiences through art-making.
About the author
Lesley Barnes is an illustrator and animator based in Glasgow, Scotland. Her distinctive work straddles the spheres of fashion, music, children’s literature, film, and product design. She has collaborated with the Victoria and Albert Museum, Scottish band Belle & Sebastian, children’s magazines
Anorak and
OKIDO, and
Glamour and
Stylist magazines. Her other books with Tate Publishing include
Jill & Dragon and
Jill & Lion. Born in Washington, D.C., and raised in Los Angeles,
Zoé Whitley now calls London home, where she lives with her husband and daughter. She is the director of Chisenhale Gallery and a lifelong learner whose studies have so far taken her to Swarthmore College (BA), the Royal College of Art (MA), and the University of Central Lancashire (PhD). Her favorite pastimes are talking and traveling, both usually art related. Her other books with Tate Publishing include
Soul of a Nation (an exhibition she curated) and
Meet the Artist: Frank Bowling.
