A publication of British artist Ian McKeever's Henge paintings (2017-22) - abstract works inspired by neolithic standing stones in Wiltshire, England. Featuring an essay by Paul Moorhouse and a conversation with Jon Wood, the publication accompanies shows at Galleri Susanne Ottesen, Copenhagen, and Heather Gaudio Fine Art, New Canaan, Connecticut.
A publication documenting British artist Ian McKeever’s exhibitions Against Architecture at Matt’s Gallery, London (2017) and Against Architecture, Remodelled at TheGallery, Arts University Bournemouth (2023–24). The exhibitions explored the relationships between McKeever’s photo/painted panels and the physical spaces in which they were presented.
Die 2001 begonnene Serie Four Quartets ist soeben mit dem sechzehnten Bild abgeschlossen worden. Das Buch dokumentiert den langen Entstehungsprozess, zeigt Vorzeichnungen und Gouachen und in perfekt gedruckten Farbtafeln den gesamten Zyklus in Werk- und Installationsaufnahmen. Der begleitende Essay von Martin Caiger-Smith untersucht Parallelen zwischen den Gemälden und T. S. Eliots Gedichtszyklus Four Quartets sowie dessen Bedeutung in einem erweiterten Kontext von McKeevers Werk. ***************************************************** Ian McKeever—Four Quartets unites all sixteen monumental paintings which constitute the Four Quartets series for the first time. Created over six years between 2001 and 2007, the paintings are a summation of the artist’s work during this period. The publication features all sixteen paintings and related gouaches on paper; it also includes installation photographs of the paintings’ first complete presentation at the Morat-Institut, Freiburg. The accompanying essay by Martin Caiger-Smith explores the paintings’ parallels with T. S. Eliot’s cycle of poems Four Quartets as well as their significance within the wider context of McKeever’s œuvre.