{"product_id":"mark-woods-formula-fetish-9781912165629","title":"Mark Woods: Formula + Fetish","description":"Featuring a range of media, including sculpture, installation, photography and jewellery making, this is the first monograph on the work of British artist Mark Woods. Woods (born 1961 in Surrey, UK) is an artist with a background in contemporary jewellery production and boat building. He produces elaborate artefacts that blur the boundaries between jewellery, fine art, fetish objects and items from cabinets of curiosities. Unnerving and evocative, the viewer is confronted with exquisite beauty, sophisticated craftsmanship and an awakening of unexpected emotions. Woods's works invites the viewer to leave their comfort zone and question human desires. \u003ci\u003eFormula + Fetish\u003c\/i\u003e explores four aspects of his practice: \"Objects\" - luxurious objects of desire and contemporary art fetishes; \"Staged Self-Portraits\" - a performance with the camera lens; \"Creative Images\" - a joining of objects; and \"Jewellery\" - the origins of the artist's skills in object making. Alongside visually striking photography, documenting his key exhibitions, the book includes critical essays by leading art writers Paul Carey-Kent, Michael Petry and Peter Suchin, who offer individual and sometimes contradicting responses to Woods's world of objects and imagery.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMark Woods (b. 1961, Surrey) is a British artist with a background in contemporary jewellery production and in boat building. He produces highly elaborate artefacts that blur the boundaries between jewellery, fine art, fetish objects and items from a cabinet of curiosities.He co-directs a gallery with his wife, Rebecca Scott, in Kendal, Cumbria called Cross Lane Projects and the couple have also opened a salon space in Shoreditch, Cross Lane Projects: Vestry St.His recent solo exhibitions include \u003ci\u003eMal-content\u003c\/i\u003e at the Cable Depot, London, \u003ci\u003eAbsorption\u003c\/i\u003e at Cross Lane Projects and \u003ci\u003eNo Mirror\u003c\/i\u003e at the Open Studio for Lakes Alive, Cross Lane Projects, (2019).Woods's recent group exhibitions include \u003ci\u003eZero Gravity\u003c\/i\u003e in Sussex (2022), \u003ci\u003eA Modern Capricho\u003c\/i\u003e, Cross Lane Projects: Vestry St, London, (2022), \u003ci\u003eDirty Pictures\u003c\/i\u003e, St Leonards-on-Sea, (2022); Cross Lane Projects at London Art Fair, (2021), \u003ci\u003eMade With...\u003c\/i\u003e, Cross Lane Projects, (2020) and \u003ci\u003eImperfectum\u003c\/i\u003e, Cello Factory, Waterloo, London, (2020). Michael Petry is an artist, author and Director of the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) London. Petry co-founded the Museum of Installation, was Guest Curator at the Kunstakademiet, Oslo, and was Curator of the Royal Academy Schools Gallery. Petry co-authored \u003ci\u003eInstallation Art\u003c\/i\u003e (1994) and \u003ci\u003eInstallation in the New Millennium\u003c\/i\u003e (2003), and authored \u003ci\u003eAbstract Eroticism\u003c\/i\u003e (1996), \u003ci\u003eA Thing of Beauty Is...\u003c\/i\u003e (1997) and \u003ci\u003eThe Trouble with Michael\u003c\/i\u003e (a monograph of his practice, 2001). His book \u003ci\u003eHidden Histories: 20th Century Male Same Sex Lovers in the Visual Arts\u003c\/i\u003e (2004) accompanied the exhibition \"Hidden Histories\" that he curated for The New Art Gallery Walsall. \u003ci\u003eGolden Rain\u003c\/i\u003e (2008) accompanied his installation for the \"On the Edge\" exhibition for Stavanger 2008, European Capital of Culture. Petry's book \u003ci\u003eThe Art of Not Making: The New Artist Artisan Relationship\u003c\/i\u003e was published in 2011. More recent books accompanying exhibitions include \u003ci\u003eNature Morte: Contemporary Artists Reinvigorate the Still-Life Tradition\u003c\/i\u003e (2013) and \u003ci\u003eThe Word is ART\u003c\/i\u003e (2018) for Thames \u0026amp; Hudson. Petry's latest book \u003ci\u003eIn League With Devils\u003c\/i\u003e (2023), which includes a forward by Stephen Fry, was published for his solo show of the same name at the Dadian Gallery, Henry Luce III Centre for the Arts and Religion, Washington DC. Paul Carey-Kent is a freelance art writer and curator, and a member of the International Association of Art Critics. He is Visual Fine Arts Editor of \u003ci\u003eSeisma Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e and writes regularly for \u003ci\u003eArt Monthly\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSTATE\u003c\/i\u003e and the Canadian magazine \u003ci\u003eBorder Crossings\u003c\/i\u003e. He has a weekly column online for \u003ci\u003eFAD Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e and a monthly interview online for \u003ci\u003eArtlyst\u003c\/i\u003e. He is active on Instagram and co-runs a project on Early Works by famous artists. Paul has curated some 50 exhibitions: recent examples include \"Splash! The Haiku Show\" (White Conduit Projects, Islington), \"St Leonards Meets the World\" (Electro Studios, St Leonards) and \"Seismic: Art meets Science\" (GIANT, Bournemouth). He recently published \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Ladders\u003c\/i\u003e in Mexico, in collaboration with locally based sculptor Adeline de Monseignat. Peter Suchin is an artist, critic and curator. He has published over 350 essays and reviews in a wide range of books and publications, including \u003ci\u003eArt \u0026amp; Design\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eArt Monthly\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFrieze\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHere and Now\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eVariant\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMute\u003c\/i\u003e. His catalogue essays include writings for the London galleries Annely Juda, Standpoint, Danielle Arnaud and Domo Baal. Among Suchin's solo displays of paintings and installations are \"Memory Objects\" (ETSU, Johnson City, USA, 2002), \"Compendiums and Palimpsests\" (T1+2 Artspace, London, 2003), \"A Critical Contagion in the Quiet of the Night\" (\u0026amp; Model, Leeds, 2014) and \"Optimum State\" (Gaunston Studios, London, 2024). Group shows include \"Lost in Translation\", (HAU, Athens, Greece, 2004), \"Merz=\" (Bregenz Kunstverein, Austria, 2006), \"Climbing the Underside of the Ladder\" (Durden \u0026amp; Ray, Los Angeles, USA, 2022) and \"Forces of the Small\" (Filet, London, 2023).\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Black Dog Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52160326304018,"sku":"9781912165629","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_4827d5af-94d7-49e4-8928-c9e995944127.jpg?v=1775053085","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/mark-woods-formula-fetish-9781912165629","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}