Product Description: British artist Nigel Cooke (born 1973) has won international acclaim for his dark and melancholic paintings that allegorize creativity and existential dramas of thought. In this volume, one of the most interesting painters of his generation turns his considerable talents to the written word...read more

Product Description: The loopy, cartoonish paintings of South African artist Ansel Krut (born 1959) revel in a joyous absurdity, conjuring up colorful whirlwinds of Bacon-esque mutations, disembodied protruding eyeballs and squashed or inflated humanoid forms...read more

Product Description: Nigel Cooke's large-scale paintings construct a dark and melancholic world, populated by artists and philosophers dwarfed by the moody voids of color surrounding them. Reminiscent of the murkiness of backdrops in a dream, the isolate fragility of Giacometti and the more romantic climes of Caspar David Friedrich, Cooke's paintings have invented a new idiom for the portrayal of the figure...read more

Product Description: The distinctive, desolate, yet slyly magical landscapes of the young London painter Nigel Cooke (b. 1973) have been making powerful regular appearances at top international museums and galleries in recent years. This substantial first monograph features full-scale reproductions, essays, and a plethora of generous details...read more