Autumn 2009 Catalogue 4 pdfing:1 - Yale University Press

40 ArtEdward Kienholz and Nancy Redin,The Hoerengracht (installation detail), 1984–8.Private collection © Kienholz Estate,courtesy of L.A. Louver, Venice CA.Kienholz‘The Hoerengracht’Colin Wiggins and Annemarie de WildtThe Hoerengracht (1983–8) is an installation artwork by EdKienholz (American, 1927–1994) and his wife, Nancy ReddinKienholz. This tableau––a surprising sight in the National Gallery––is a walk-through evocation of Amsterdam’s red-light district, withglowing windows and claustrophobic streets. With its statements onmorality, vanitas and composition of secret spaces and receding views,The Hoerengracht resonates powerfully with painting by Dutchmasters of the 17th century. The work was the last major piece madeby the Kienholzes before Ed died and remains a major reference pointfor contemporary artists such as Mike Kelley, Paul McCarthy andDamien Hirst.The generously illustrated catalogue positions The Hoerengracht andKienholz in a new perspective.Exhibition scheduleNational Gallery, London, 18/11/09 – 21/2/2010Amsterdam Historisch Museum, dates tbcOctober56 pp. 265x245mm.40 colour illus.Paper ISBN 978-1-85709-453-4 £9.99*Colin Wiggins is Acting Head of Education at the National Gallery,London. He is the author of numerous books, including Leon Kossoff:Drawing from Painting, Tom Hunter: Living in Hell and Other Stories,Ron Mueck, John Virtue: London Paintings and Alison Watt: Phantom.Annemarie de Wildt is conservator/curator at the Amsterdam HistorischMuseum (Museum Willet-Holthuysen), which will be the secondlocation for the exhibition.The National Gallery • LondonA Closer LookFacesAlexander SturgisFaces are everywhere in theNational Gallery’scollection and it is oftenthe faces shown thatcommunicate most directlyin a picture; theirexpressions may reveal thedrama of a story, or thecharacter of a sitter in aportrait.A Closer Look: Faces examines a wide array of fascinating facesfound in paintings at the National Gallery. It explains whyartists in the past created faces to look as they do, whatpainters through the ages have considered the ‘ideal’ face,how faces are painted, and the reasons for the development ofportrait painting. Illustrated with seventy pictures andbeautiful details, this book provides an insider’s view of themany faces in Western European art.Alexander Sturgis is director of the Holburne Museum ofArt in Bath and was formerly Exhibitions Curator at theNational Gallery, London. His publications include TellingTime and Rebels and Martyrs: The Image of the Artist in theNineteenth Century.September 96 pp. 210x140mm. 100 colour illus.Paper ISBN 978-1-85709-464-0 £7.99*A Closer LookSaintsErika LangmuirDrawing on the NationalGallery’s comprehensivecollection of religiousimages, A Closer Look:Saints explains theimportance of saints andtheir role in the history ofEuropean painting.Erika Langmuir underlinesthe fundamentalimportance of saints in the National Gallery collection and,using examples of works by artists such as Raphael, Dürerand Crivelli, explains the sometimes puzzling conventions foridentifying saints by their attributes. She describes how saintsbecame a crucial part of the Christian church and theincreasing importance of saintly relics in the Middle Ages.She provides an introduction to a wide variety ofpersonalities, from the ambiguous penitent Mary Magdalento the revered Saint Jerome and Saint Francis of Assisi.Erika Langmuir, OBE, was Head of Education at the NationalGallery, London, and is the author of many books, amongthem Masterpieces and The National Gallery CompanionGuide, both distributed by Yale.September 96 pp. 210x140mm. 100 colour illus.Paper ISBN 978-1-85709-465-7 £7.99*