xiv + 194 pp of illustrations in colour and duotone + xxxiii pp of reduced illustrations and captions for the works shown earlier. Black material covered boards with "Forces of Nature" imprinted on both the spine and the bottom of the front cover. Dust jacket in duotone. The dust jackets is lightly edge-worn.
"I struggle to express my emotions in words; clay is my voice" written by Dylan Lewis and included on the back cover of the dust jacket.
Dylan Lewis is an artist of unique inspiration and outstanding ability. Still in his early forties, he has already taken his place on the international art stage as a sculptor of enormous merit and formidable talent.
This book documents his artistic journey over the past decade, with its emphasis on his exploration of the Cat, through to his new work on the human figure. It traces his work back to its original inspirational source and then to its outcome, providing a glimpse into Lewis's visual world and revealing the forces that drive him and inform his sculpture.
Underpinned by a passionate love for wilderness and the world's untamed, natural areas, Lewis's vision has great resonance and offers much food for thought in technologically-driven times.\
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Dylan Lewis is in his early forties, a second-generation South African artist whose grandparents moved from the United Kingdom to South Africa at the turn of the last century.
For the last decade, working from his Stellenbosch, Cape Town, studio, Lewis has focused extensively on the Cat, particularly the leopard, lion and cheetah. Over this time he has exhibited his work across the United States of America, Canada, the United Kingdom and in South Africa.
It is said that his sculptures define the very dynamics of the wild kingdom – predation and the predator, instinct and primeval impulse, life, death and rebirth. These qualities are no less present in his recent work: a sensitive exploration of the human form.
Lewis works in clay and plaster, crafting the medium so that its final shape and surface take on an almost elemental quality, its textured nuances and infinite subtleties not only bringing the animal or human to life but also speaking of the wilderness itself, of earth, air, water and fire that shape the environment and sustain its inhabitants.
With an abiding passion for wilderness and the forces that shape it, Lewis in his sculptures touches the elemental, the pristine, the primitive and the subconscious.
Source: Publisher's text from the dust jacket
- Jacket Condition: Good
- Binding Condition: Very good
- Overall Condition: Very good
- Size: 340 x 275 mm
