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TAPLIN BIRD ON A WIRE
THE LIFE AND ART OF GUY TAPLIN |
| By: |
Ian Collins, Michael Palin (Foreword), Andrew Montgomery (Photos) |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£29.95 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1905883102 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781905883103 |
| Publisher: |
DAVID MESSUM FINE ART |
| Pub. date: |
1 July, 2007 |
| Pages: |
224 |
| Description: |
A beautiful and enlightening new book about the Taplin life and work charts a riveting journey from the wartime East End to the wilds of the Essex coast. En route, the self-taught artist, hurtling through many careers before finding his feet and pouring his spirit into sculpture, has meandered as far as the driftwood he turns into magical art. |
| Synopsis: |
In any game of word association the term 'bird sculptor' is most likely to prompt the name Guy Taplin. But Britain's most successful avian image maker is also in a field of his own - with a story like no other in the art world. A beautiful and revelatory new book about the Taplin life and work charts a riveting journey from the wartime East End to the wilds of the Essex coast. En route the self-taught artist, hurtling through many careers before finding his feet and pouring his spirit into sculpture, has meandered as far as the driftwood he turns into magical art. Written by "East Anglian" author Ian Collins, a close friend of Guy Taplin for the past decade, the book will trace the obsessions and adventures in a very creative life. It features interviews with many artists, writers and collectors and a foreword by Michael Palin. |
| Illustrations: |
103 col, 66 b/w |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
David Messum Fine Art |
| Returns: |
Returnable |