The Romance of Bricks

Originally a film by British avant-garde filmmaker Nichola Bruce, 'The Romance of Bricks' is a portrait of the artist Liz Finch: a British painter, performer and poet. From her life-changing accident and rural solitude to the mad social whirl of 80s London anarchic performances and up to the present day, The Romance of Bricks sews together archival film over many years to produce an intriguing glimpse into the private world of the artist. The book is a screenplay of the film itself, weaving the commentary of friends and cultural figures with reproductions of Finch's artworks. Scenes are embedded with Liz's surreal arrangements of found and made objects, which sometimes existed only for one day. The artist's figurative work explores themes of the unconscious based on early childhood perception and a preoccupation with the ordinary. Finch subverts the norm to see things as they are, not by the usual conventions. The result is humorous, somewhat haunting and poetic. Featuring commentary from Jools Holland, Christine Binnie, Jennifer Binnie, John Finch, Brian Clarke, Aubrey Fabing, Richard Strange, Nicola Bateman Bowery, Francesco Brusatin and Martin Harrison alongside an intimate dialogue with the artist herself --

Summary

Originally a film by British avant-garde filmmaker Nichola Bruce, The Romance of Bricks is a portrait of the artist Liz Finch: a British painter, performer and poet.

Product details

• Authors: Liz Finch
• Publisher: Turnaround
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2021
• EAN: 9781912122455
• ISBN: 978-1-912122-45-5
• Dimensions: 297 mm x 210 mm x 26 mm
• Weight: 1212 g
• Illustrations: 471
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > General, dictionaries; PERFORMING ARTS / General, ART / Individual Artists / Monographs, History of Art, Installation art, Painting & paintings, Art & design styles: from c 1960, Individual artists, art monographs, Paintings and painting