Encaustic Art in the Twenty-First Century

Description

From beehive to hotplate to the artist's hand, encaustic has evolved as a versatile medium applied to almost every artistic style. A long-overdue look at a newly popular art form, this book explores 79 North American and international artists' feelings about their work in encaustic and how they use it to express their inner worlds and the world around them. Eight chapters organize the artists by geographical region and focus on how the heated beeswax and resin material is used to create seductive, skin-like surfaces and rich, layered membranes. More than 2,000 years old, this cross-disciplinary medium ranges from painting to sculpture, assemblage, collage, and printmaking and encourages risk-taking in a way that other materials do not. Its inherent contradictions--it can be hot or cold, malleable or solid, opaque or translucent, layered or thin, permanent or fragile--make it all the more fascinating. AUTHOR: As research director of Vose Galleries, Boston, Anne Lee wrote and designed many exhibition catalogues. E. Ashley Rooney is the author of numerous books on contemporary art. 475 colour images

Barbara Purchia, a stained glass artist, is well known for her technical articles, papers, and presentations on software process improvements. Ashley Rooney has established a solid reputation for her architectural, design, and art books. As research director at Vose Galleries, Anne Lee wrote and designed numerous exhibit catalogs. E. Ashley Rooney is the author of over twenty books on contemporary art.

The work of some of the finest practitioners of contemporary encaustic demonstrates how this versatile medium has evolved as a cross-disciplinary collaborator with every sphere of visual arts.--Richard Frumess, founder, R&F Handmade PaintsThe authors' eye for the encaustic medium and the artists presented give the reader important information all in one place -- Kaveh Mojtabai, Artscope magazine