{"product_id":"aubrey-williams-ian-dudley-9781913107444","title":"Aubrey Williams: Art, Histories, Futures","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe first comprehensive exploration of Aubrey Williams's art, revealing the cross-cultural dynamics and transformations connecting Caribbean, British, and Atlantic histories\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The abstract paintings of Guyanese artist Aubrey Williams (1926-1990) evoke elemental forces of earth, fire, and cataclysm. At the same time, through these paintings, Williams bore witness to the deep historical interconnections linking the Caribbean, Britain and wider Atlantic worlds as they transformed through colonial and postcolonial eras. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This book is the first comprehensive investigation of Williams's practice. With an introduction by Kobena Mercer and groundbreaking new scholarship by Ian Dudley, Claudia Hucke, and Giulia Smith, this volume addresses the Indigenous, ecological, and transnational dimensions of Williams's modernist oeuvre. In addition, a memoir by the artist's daughter, Maridowa Williams, offers an intimate look at the biographical dimensions of his work. Alongside an extraordinary and revealing selection of unpublished and out-of-print writings by Williams, artworks illustrating the full range of his practice--from early abstracts and lesser-known murals and portraits to such later major works as the \u003ci\u003eShostakovich\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBird Paintings\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOlmec-Maya \u0026amp; Now\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eCosmos\u003c\/i\u003e series--illuminate the complex cross-cultural dynamics at play across Williams's \"World Aesthetic.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Distributed for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ian Dudley, Maridowa Williams\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1913107442\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781913107444\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Paul Mellon Centre\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/26\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Ian Dudley","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46571404034303,"sku":"9781913107444","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4923cb65-139a-4c91-87e3-69a900bf1992.jpg?v=1738808136","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/aubrey-williams-ian-dudley-9781913107444","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}