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Peter Doig (Rizzoli Classics) Hardcover – March 7, 2017

by Peter Doig (Author), Richard Shiff (Contributor), Catherine Lampert (Contributor)
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The most comprehensive monograph on Turner Prize-nominated artist Peter Doig.  In every generation of artists, there are a few-or perhaps just one-who propose a new set of questions and alter the way we understand art. Peter Doig is such an artist. While stories of painting’s demise in the early 1990s deemed painters and their work quaintly anachronistic, Doig-looking ahead as much as back for inspiration-forged a new painterly language: an ironic mix of Romanticism and post-impressionism to create haunting and sometimes dreamlike landscape vistas.
In this lavish new volume devoted to his entire career-which includes paintings, drawings, and reference material, such as found photographs-art historians Richard Shiff and Catherine Lampert mine the artist’s rich and varied work. Doig’s landscapes have been inspired by the many places the artist has lived-England, Canada, Trinidad. So, too, does memory, or the idea of memory, inform much of his production.
This volume is designed in close collaboration with the artist, with Doig specially creating the cover and various elements of the interior. Every facet of the painter’s singular vision is explored, from his earliest paintings of the early 1990s to the most recent series of works.
Published in association with Michael Werner Gallery  
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    March 7, 2017
  5. Dimensions
    8.5 x 1.75 x 11.25 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    0847849791
  7. ISBN-13
    978-0847849796
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Peter Doig has been the subject of scores of exhibitions throughout his career, including a major traveling survey in 2008 at Tate Britain, Musee d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, and Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt. Richard Shiff is a renowned art historian and critic. Catherine Lampert is an independent curator and writer based in England.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Rizzoli; Updated edition (March 7, 2017)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 432 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0847849791
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0847849796
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 5.38 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8.5 x 1.75 x 11.25 inches
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4.7 out of 5 stars
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Juan José Vallzi
5.0 out of 5 stars Excelente
Reviewed in the United States on March 29, 2023
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rimtraveler
5.0 out of 5 stars Once in a lifetime artist; beautiful Rizzoli book.
Reviewed in the United States on March 19, 2017
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I ordered this book pre-publication and just received it. I had just discovered Peter Doig when I heard about this book so ordered it.
It looks so rich in beautifully curated images. Most images fill the whole page. I am hoping to get the flu so I can take this book
to bed and spend some quiet undisturbed time with it. There is only so much that a book can accomplish with images; so as an artist I know that I must see the originals. I will be on the look out for any museum retrospective so I can view the real thing.
CONTRARY TO THE DESCRIPTION MY BOOK DID NOT COME WITH A SLIP CASE. Perhaps that is just the "pre-publication" price
that I pay. Rizzoli does beautiful books.
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JD
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Book for Peter Doig Fans
Reviewed in the United States on October 1, 2021
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Excellent quality photos of Doig’s paintings, both close up and full view. Superior book binding, sturdy cover and high quality paper for color rendering. Features the majority of the artists work arranged chronologically.
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Scott Smithson
5.0 out of 5 stars There is no wasted space. Landscape oriented reproductions are placed in a ...
Reviewed in the United States on March 11, 2017
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What a masterfully done book. There is no wasted space. Landscape oriented reproductions are placed in a landscape manner on the page. You have to turn the book, which is a pleasure for anything by Doig. This book is about the art, not the commentary. And, Doig's painting with their fascinating color and omnipresent rhythm do not disappoint. The quality of the reproductions is top notch. This is the perfect book for an afternoon's browsing. Each painting is like a daydream
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High Lakes Home
5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful, Wonderful!
Reviewed in the United States on September 17, 2019
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One of the best Art books of the past few years--beautiful, full page images, excellent layout, printing, binding-all top quality. Even arrived without dented corners!!!
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Phillip
5.0 out of 5 stars Good
Reviewed in the United States on April 24, 2021
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Fantastic book
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Colorist
4.0 out of 5 stars Big and Beautiful, But Something Missing
Reviewed in the United States on September 30, 2019
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Having experienced seeing Peter Doig paintings I have a sense of a very uneven painter. Some amazingly beautiful and other, more minor works that should not have been released from the studio, more like "studio bon-bons" given to important visitors - an actual but minor work to be given as a souvenir. When he is good he is daring, takes chances and the effect can be breath-taking, but others seem the result of an uninvolved day at the studio turning out product. I want the best and got many, but others seem filling out exhibition contracts and over-extended. Time will tell.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Books are easy to find
Reviewed in the United States on August 21, 2019
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Easy to find this book thru Prime
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Janet Wallace
5.0 out of 5 stars the number of illustrations- It's an Art book.
Reviewed in Canada on June 7, 2023
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Book is very nicely designed. The colours seem balanced and true..
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Zelia
5.0 out of 5 stars Excelente!
Reviewed in Brazil on September 29, 2019
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Esse livro é incrível!!! E o serviço de entrega da Amazon foi ótimo. Chegou rápido e muito bem embalado.
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Regina
5.0 out of 5 stars Me ha encantado
Reviewed in Spain on November 19, 2020
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Libro bien editado.
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Mariana
5.0 out of 5 stars No sé cómo explicar cuánto me encanta este libro.
Reviewed in Mexico on July 26, 2018
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Excelente libro, con excelentes reproducciones. Tiene poco texto sobre el trabajo de Doig. ¡Pero las fotos de las obras son excelentes! casi cada página tiene una obra. No hay desperdicio alguno. Vale cada peso. A la fecha uno de mis libros favoritos de todos los tiempos. Si me hace falta inspiración lo abro aleatoriamente en una hoja y veo la obra de esta. Me dan ganas de vivir nomás de verlo. Lo recomiendo ampliamente. La pasta dura lo hace muy duradero, además trae una cubierta, viene cosido, es resistente.
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DIMITRA BOURITSA
5.0 out of 5 stars Tres bon
Reviewed in France on September 29, 2019
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Excellent
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