{"product_id":"ed-atkins-9781849769358","title":"Ed Atkins","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEd Atkins is one of the most influential artists of his generation. Troubled by melancholy, undermined by bathos, and tempered with humor, his works pit a weightless digital life against a corporal world of craft and touch, allegorizing profound experiences of loss, intimacy, and love \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis ambitious publication provides a radical survey of his career, assembling a wide range of paintings, writing, embroideries, and drawings alongside the moving-image works for which he is best known.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEssays from leading scholars, authors, and curators, alongside previously unpublished behind-the-scenes production photographs and a curated selection of new drawings, collectively probe Atkins's practice to ask: What kind of realism is at stake here?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAccompanying Tate Britain's major exhibition of contemporary artist Ed Atkins, this career-spanning monograph is a must-have for all fans of Ed Atkins and contemporary art.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNathan Ladd\u003c\/b\u003e is assistant curator of contemporary art at Tate Britain. \u003cb\u003ePolly Staple\u003c\/b\u003e is director of collection, British Art at Tate Britain. Featuring additional contributions by Hal Foster, Ben Lerner, Kathryn Scanlan, and Jamie Stevens.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Tate Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51690713940242,"sku":"9781849769358","price":39.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_20b64d43-5c94-4284-84fc-1de6b2c5b400.jpg?v=1761744800","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/ed-atkins-9781849769358","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}