Nathan Coley
By: National Galleries of Scotland
Contributors: Morrison, Ewan, author; Groom, Simon, writer of foreword; Leighton, John, writer of foreword; Coley, Nathan, 1967-; Coley, Nathan, 1967-; Coley, Nathan, 1967-; Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art
Publisher: National Galleries of Scotland
Published: 2017
Place of publication: Edinburgh
Language: eng
Number of pages: 47
ISBN-13: 9781911054139
Copyright date: 2017
Subjects: Exhibitions; Installations (Art); Church buildings in art; Architecture and religion
Work titles: Works
Description: This richly illustrated publication explores the work of contemporary artist Nathan Coley. It offers a detailed look at three of his most significant sculptural works: 'The Lamp of Sacrifice, 286 Places of Worship, Edinburgh 2004', 2004; 'Paul', 2015; and 'Tate Modern on Fire', 2017, which is reproduced and discussed here for the first time. In a newly commissioned text, award-winning novelist, screenwriter and director Ewan Morrison focuses on these three sculptures to explore the complexity and ambiguity of Coley's artistic practice. Morrison brings into play different narrative forms and voices to draw attention to the realms of history, art history and politics that Coley's work inhabits, as well as the deeply personal responses that Coley's work can generate. Exhibition: Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh, UK (25.03.-24.09.2017).
Notes: Catalog of an exhibition at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, 24 March through 24 September 2017.

Includes the essay "Nathan Coley: Architectures of Belief" by Ewan Morrison and a foreword by Sir John Leighton and Simon Groom.