Mark Wallinger

Product Description A comprehensive study of Mark Wallinger’s career that draws on extensive conversations with the artist, this book traces his development from early influences to winning the Turner Prize in 2007 and beyond. Over the past quarter-century Wallinger has become known as an artist who never repeats himself, and his art – driven by passions including sport, history, politics, science and poetry – has ranged from meticulous paintings of racehorses to a presentation of the first public statue of Jesus Christ in England since the Reformation, and from a performance while dressed in a bear suit to installing a full-scale copy of peace protestor Brian Haw’s antiwar display at Parliament Square in Tate Britain. As this book demonstrates, however, certain themes and strategies thread through this dizzyingly diverse body of work. Here, Wallinger is revealed as an artist committed to making art that is not only brilliantly accessible and witty, but also conscientious and politically incisive. Table of Contents Bearings: An Introduction • 1. Battling for Britain (1985–90) • 2. Entrances and Exits (1990–96) • 3. Questions of Faith (1997–2002) • 4. New Frontiers (2003–7) • 5. You, Me, Us (2008–10) • Chronology/Biography Review A complex, multivalent oeuvre that is at once engaging and accessible . . . A new monograph . . . . lists 15 unrealized projects. About the Author Martin Herbert's writing has appeared in magazines including Artforum, frieze and Art Monthly, and in catalogues for institutions such as The Museum of Modern Art, Tate Britain and the Hayward Gallery. He is a visiting lecturer at the Royal College of Art, and associate editor of ArtReview.