Text by Bice Curiger, Mark Godfrey, Julia Marchand.
Sumptuous wallpaper installations in conversation with Van Gogh’s final works
Published with Fondation Vincent van Gogh Arles.
This catalog brings together works by Los Angeles–based artist Laura Owens (born 1970) and seven paintings by Vincent van Gogh, painted in the last years of his life. Confined to her studio in Arles during the months of lockdown in 2020, Owens immersed herself in the life and works of Van Gogh, a process which left traces of his sensibilities in the commissioned work that followed. Transforming the space of the Fondation Vincent van Gogh in Arles, Owens created a monumental wallpaper using various handcrafted and digital techniques. The motifs of these rooms, which draw a suspended universe between the premodern and the contemporary, are inspired by the works of the English designer Winifred How, and enter into a close dialogue with Van Gogh's paintings, which are hung on the elaborately adorned walls.
Featured image is reproduced from 'Laura Owens & Vincent van Gogh'.
FORMAT: Hbk, 9.5 x 11 in. / 308 pgs / 600 color. LIST PRICE: U.S. $95.00 LIST PRICE: CANADA $132 ISBN: 9783753301419 PUBLISHER: Walther König, Köln AVAILABLE: 6/7/2022 DISTRIBUTION: D.A.P. RETAILER DISC: FLAT40 PUBLISHING STATUS: Active AVAILABILITY: Not available TERRITORY: NA LA ASIA AU/NZ AFR
Published by Walther König, Köln. Text by Bice Curiger, Mark Godfrey, Julia Marchand.
Sumptuous wallpaper installations in conversation with Van Gogh’s final works
Published with Fondation Vincent van Gogh Arles.
This catalog brings together works by Los Angeles–based artist Laura Owens (born 1970) and seven paintings by Vincent van Gogh, painted in the last years of his life. Confined to her studio in Arles during the months of lockdown in 2020, Owens immersed herself in the life and works of Van Gogh, a process which left traces of his sensibilities in the commissioned work that followed. Transforming the space of the Fondation Vincent van Gogh in Arles, Owens created a monumental wallpaper using various handcrafted and digital techniques. The motifs of these rooms, which draw a suspended universe between the premodern and the contemporary, are inspired by the works of the English designer Winifred How, and enter into a close dialogue with Van Gogh's paintings, which are hung on the elaborately adorned walls.
