Roger Kemp: The Complete Etchings
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
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Few Australian artists command the same reverence as Roger Kemp, whose visionary printmaking career is meticulously catalogued in Roger Kemp: The Complete Etchings. Authored by Hendrik Kolenberg, the book presents a definitive survey of Kemp's etching output, chronicling the full arc of a practice defined by dynamic abstraction, spiritual intensity, and a restless formal intelligence that set him apart from his contemporaries in mid-to-late twentieth-century Australian art. Published by the Art Gallery of New South Wales, this authoritative volume situates Kemp's graphic work within the broader currents of Australian modernism, illustrating how his commitment to rhythm, structure, and transcendence translated from his celebrated paintings into the intimate medium of print. Kolenberg, a distinguished curator and specialist in works on paper, brings scholarly precision and genuine passion to his analysis, illuminating the technical processes and philosophical underpinnings that animate each plate. For collectors, scholars, and admirers of Australian art, this is an indispensable record — one that asks, compellingly, whether Kemp's etchings may yet prove to be his most enduring legacy.
Author: Hendrik Kolenberg
Format: Paperback
Published: 1991, Art Gallery of New South Wales
Genre: History of arts
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
Few Australian artists command the same reverence as Roger Kemp, whose visionary printmaking career is meticulously catalogued in Roger Kemp: The Complete Etchings. Authored by Hendrik Kolenberg, the book presents a definitive survey of Kemp's etching output, chronicling the full arc of a practice defined by dynamic abstraction, spiritual intensity, and a restless formal intelligence that set him apart from his contemporaries in mid-to-late twentieth-century Australian art. Published by the Art Gallery of New South Wales, this authoritative volume situates Kemp's graphic work within the broader currents of Australian modernism, illustrating how his commitment to rhythm, structure, and transcendence translated from his celebrated paintings into the intimate medium of print. Kolenberg, a distinguished curator and specialist in works on paper, brings scholarly precision and genuine passion to his analysis, illuminating the technical processes and philosophical underpinnings that animate each plate. For collectors, scholars, and admirers of Australian art, this is an indispensable record — one that asks, compellingly, whether Kemp's etchings may yet prove to be his most enduring legacy.