Radiant City, Hardcover by Williams, Lucy; Price, Matt (EDT); Becker, Joseph ...

by Lucy Williams

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Radiant City, Hardcover by Williams, Lucy; Price, Matt (EDT); Becker, Joseph (FRW); Street, Ben (CON); Barry, Salena (CON), ISBN 0903696851, ISBN-13 9780903696852, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US A major monograph documenting a decade of figurative and geometric work by London-based contemporary artist Lucy Williams. Radiant City is a major monograph documenting a decade of figurative and geometric work by London-based British contemporary artist Lucy Williams (b. 1972, Oxford). Her mixed-media bas-relief collages depict modernist architecture and interiors, from tower blocks and municipal buildings to private residences in Palm Springs. All made painstakingly by hand, this is a contemporary art practice that, with the precision of an architect or a draughts person, references craft traditions, using materials including paper, Plexiglas, wood veneer, fabric, piano wire and thread. Space, form, pattern, design and geometry meet with color and light to form mesmerizing, detailed scenes such as tiled swimming pools with mosaic walls, the imposing facades of Brutalist buildings, and domestic interiors containing bookcases replete with books, vases and ornaments. In addition to figurative works, the publication also features the artist’s Threaded Collages, abstract geometric pieces inspired by Bauhaus tapestries, constructivism and traditional Welsh quilting. Williams creates repeated triangular and diamond forms, using colorful painted papers along with silk and cotton thr

• Publisher: Hurtwood Press, The Limited
• Year: 2026
• Binding: Hardcover
• ISBN: 9780903696852
• Condition: Fine

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