The highly charged characters who people the pages of The Chameleon Body have adopted an array of differing degrees of bodily metamorphosis: from minimal facial piercings, to more extreme and defiant acts, such as those of the Italian performance artist Franko B, who uses his own flesh and blood to express alienation and trauma. All of them, however, bear witness to the body's capacity for change and transformation: this is the theme of The Chameleon Body. The photographs are framed by art historian David Alan Mellor's Introduction, which analyses the meaning and content of these images, and an essay by leading social anthropologist Anthony Shelton examining fetishism's cultural sources.

The Chameleon Body: Photographs of Contemporary Fetishism

Arts & Photography

Mellor, David

Sinclair, Nicholas

Shelton, Anthony

Photography & Video

Lund Humphries Pub Ltd

Since 1992 photographer Nicholas Sinclair has been photographing the major figures in contemporary British art. The result is a collection of portraits of artists photographed in their studios with their work. Artists featured include: Edward Allington; Kenneth Armitage; Peter Blake; Richard Deacon; Maggi Hambling; Julian Opie; Marc Quinn; Bill Woodrow; and many more.

Portraits of Artists

Jeffrey, Ian

Dance, Robin

Individual Artists

Kyffin Williams is the central figure in contemporary Welsh painting and this book examines the full range of his work from the mid-1940s to the present day.From the outset of his career, Kyffin Williams took both the landscape and the people of North Wales as his subjects, and he has remained faithful to them for almost sixty years. He has realised, through his oil paintings, his watercolours and his drawings, the spirit of a mountainous landscape and its inhabitants that now forms the cornerstone upon which we understand and visualise the essence of North Wales.Including an introductory essay by Ian Jeffrey, one of Britain's leading art historians, the book also profiles ten sites in North Wales where the artist has worked throughout his career. The inclusion of a range of location photographs by Nicholas Sinclair helps to explain both Williams' inspiration and how he interprets the world around him.

Kyffin Williams

History & Criticism

In Kyffin Williams' centenary year, this monograph examines the life and art of a man who, as a Royal Academician, achieved both professional success and a remarkable popular appeal. Best known for his rendering of the Welsh landscape, his use of thick impasto paint in blocks of often sombre colors brilliantly conjure the rugged terrain. In a career which spanned some six decades, the inspiration Williams drew from the topography of his homeland never diminished and he worked prolifically - a conservative estimate suggests that he produced some 6500 paintings. This passionate commitment to his craft was central to his character and helps us to understand his creative makeup in turn. Including discussion of his fine collection of portraits, this publication provides an indepth overview of Williams' career and probes areas of inspiration - specifically a European aesthetic - which has been inadequately explored to date. Featuring some of the finest examples of his impressive oeuvre, this book - scholarly robust and visually enticing - is an essential addition to the libraries of all those who appreciate the work of this important painter.

Kyffin Williams: The Light and The Dark

Evans, Rian

Lund Humphries

With startlingly honest and surprisingly intimate images, noted photographer Nicholas Sinclair documents the work of Franko B, one of today's most provocative performance artists. Infused with a strong sense of outrage, the photographs depict practices cultivated at the margins of the cultural, political, and social framework of contemporary society. It is high-risk art that uses the artist's own blood as a primary tool of expression. The intensity of the work demands an emotional response from the audience, and that response to the images is as important as the images themselves. With specific references to religion, homelessness, and AIDS, Franko B is a serious work of uncommon urgency, reminding readers of the fragility of the human body and the strength of the human spirit. This volume is strengthened with insightful commentary by art critic Stuart Morgan and curator Lois Keidan.

Franko B

Morgan, Stuart

Keidan, Lois

Black Dog Publishing

Kyffin Williams (b. 1918) is a key figure in contemporary Welsh painting. From the beginning of his career up to the present day, the landscape and people of North Wales have provided the inspiration for his work. In this beautiful monograph, rarely seen works bring his paintings to a wider audience. In his authoritative introductory essay, Ian Jeffreyone of Britains leading art historiansprovides an insightful view into Williamss world. New photography by Nicholas Sinclair offers a glimpse into the artists studio and reveals his working methods.

Royal Academy of the Arts

Acclaimed British photographer Nicholas Sinclair here looks at five European cities Paris, Istanbul, Palermo, Berlin, and Budapest through their surface markings. Exploring the interaction between a city and its citizens as recorded by graffiti and advertising, Sinclair’s photographs occupy a place between documentary and abstraction a scrawled word or the scrap of a flyer are at once physical scars on a wall and marks hovering graphically on the picture plane. In this beautifully produced book, the second in a trilogy by Sinclair examining the surfaces of European cities, readers are invited to look at graffiti and other "unofficial" interventions anew: not as aggressive intrusions, but rather as part of an ongoing collaborative project to interpret the modern city.

Five Cities

Reference

Royal Academy Books

Wang Dang American Slang

Horizant Praha

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