num_pages: 71
description: David Unseen Pictures briefly surveys the "constructed" paintings of this contemporary artist during the particularly fertile years, 1988-1996. With the thoughtful editing of contemporary art writer Nicole Blunt, the impact of Maxim's turbo-charged imagery is presented in full force with forty-eight color reproductions. Enough key works are illustrated for the reader to gain insight to the rich development of his art with its allusions to machinery, figuration, and the stage. Above all, the book provides a look at an artist who bucks the trend of cynicism in contemporary painting and aspires toward a panorama of the Heroic in various forms, ranging from mythology and science, to Abstract Expressionism. The book provides a contemporary historical perspective of Maxim in an essay by Kenneth Baker, and also contains an interview of the artist by Anna Valentina Murch.
language: English
title: David Maxim : Unseen Pictures
titlecomplete: David Maxim : Unseen Pictures
publisher: David Maxim