{"product_id":"raqib-shaw-9780847832040","title":"Raqib Shaw","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe first monograph on more than thirty years' work by the Indian-born British artist, whose opulent, brightly colored paintings have made him one of the most extraordinary and sought-after artists working today.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eShaw's work is as vibrant and ornate in color and detail as it is ambitious in scope, with a remarkable synergy between his fantastical and often violent imagery and the delicacy of his technique. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDeeply inspired by the old masters but infused with his own personal iconography, and drawing equally on eastern and western mythology, his work represents a compelling and profoundly contemporary hybridization of aesthetics and sensibilities. His opulent and intricately detailed paintings of fantastical worlds, often with surfaces inlaid with vibrantly colored jewels and painted in enamel, reveal an eclectic fusion of influences--from Persian carpets and Northern Renaissance painting to industrial materials and Japanese lacquerware--but ultimately reflect the universality of the human condition. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCollected here, in the first comprehensive monograph on the artist to date, are more than 100 of Shaw's works, representing thirty years of painting in which intricate detail, rich color, and bejeweled surfaces mask the intensity and depth of his imagery.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRaqib Shaw\u003c\/b\u003e has had solo exhibitions at Tate Modern, London (2006), the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (2008), Manchester Art Gallery (2013), Galerie Rudolfinum, Prague (2013), the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh (2018), Zabludowicz Collection, London (2020), and Ca' Pesaro, Galleria Internazionale d'Arte Moderna, Venice (2022). \u003cb\u003eHoney Luard\u003c\/b\u003e is Director of Publications for White Cube and has published, edited, and contributed to many books on the work of contemporary artists, including Tracey Emin, Theaster Gates, Damien Hirst, Anselm Kiefer, and Christian Marclay. \u003cb\u003eDawn Ades\u003c\/b\u003e is a British art historian and the author of several books and exhibition catalogs. \u003cb\u003eDiana Campbell\u003c\/b\u003e is an American curator, artistic director of the Samdani Art Foundation, and chief curator of Dhaka Art Summit. \u003cb\u003eSir Normal Rosenthal\u003c\/b\u003e is a British curator and art historian, former curator at the Institute of Contemporary Art, and former exhibitions secretary at the Royal Academy.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Rizzoli Electa","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50911486542098,"sku":"9780847832040","price":50.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_9e7ca713-a984-418f-a09a-b43fd1d0e8bf.jpg?v=1738744743","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/raqib-shaw-9780847832040","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}