Hardback
Mervyn Williams: From Modernism to the Digital Age
Publisher: Ron Sang Publications
Dimensions: 297 x 300 mm
Pages: 336
ISBN: 9780473284459
Dimensions: 297 x 300 mm
Pages: 336
ISBN: 9780473284459
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Mervyn Williams: From Modernism to the digital age is a large and well-illustrated monograph that seeks to chronicle the life-long artistic journey of Mervyn Williams. It contains a series of essays as chapters linked by many full-colour photographs of Williams' works. Edward Hanfling is the primary writer, and Michael Dunn and Leonard Bell each contribute a shorter essay: Dunn, a précis of Williams' years in Whanganui; Bell, an overview of the artist's influences. This structure works well, even though the Dunn and Bell essays interrupt Hanfling's chronological flow. With an emphasis on argument around Williams' works, Mervyn Williams is not a chronicle of the artist's life per se, although an illustrated chronology and a double-page photo of the artist's family appear at the back of the book. It is a book for the art world, focused on analysing Williams' practice.
