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Having travelled extensively throughout his life, Grant has drawn inspiration from landscapes from Antarctica to the tropics, While attracted to northerly territories (he has lived in Norway since 1996), the subject matter of Grant's bold images varies from marine volcanoes and rainforests to icebergs and glaciers. Dynamic and vital, elemental palettes conjure up abstracted fiery drama to figurative icy stillness. Seen collectively, the work reveals a creative energy that finds many forms of expression. This translates into an original visual language that questions and probes how we see the world around us. Much more than images, Grant's remarkable artistic contribution not only provides paintings that capture the world's beauty, but also extend our understanding of the environment, climate and the fundamental importance of nature.
List of contents
Introduction; 1 A Land; 2 The North; 3 The Tropics and Desert; 4 Ice; 5 Night; 6 Metamorphosis; 7 Return to A Land; 8 Interludes; 9 Beyond the Gallery; 10 Landscapes of Protest and Memory; Biography; Selected Exhibitions; Public Commissions; Public Collections; Sources; Acknowledgements
About the author
Judith LeGrove is a writer and curator specialising in twentieth-century and contemporary art, especially sculpture. Her current research includes the sculpture of Kenneth Draper and John Hoskin, the paintings of Jeremy Gardiner, and sculpture and prints of Egon Altdorf. She has published reviews in the
Sculpture Journal,
Museum Journal and
The Art Newspaper. Recent books include
Geoffrey Clarke: Catalogue Raisonné.**
Summary
Having travelled extensively throughout his life, Grant has drawn inspiration from landscapes from Antarctica to the tropics, While attracted to northerly territories (he has lived in Norway since 1996), the subject matter of Grant's bold images varies from marine volcanoes and rainforests to icebergs and glaciers. Dynamic and vital, elemental palettes conjure up abstracted fiery drama to figurative icy stillness. Seen collectively, the work reveals a creative energy that finds many forms of expression. This translates into an original visual language that questions and probes how we see the world around us. Much more than images, Grant's remarkable artistic contribution not only provides paintings that capture the world's beauty, but also extend our understanding of the environment, climate and the fundamental importance of nature.
