Paris drawings
Subtitle: the most elaborate disguise
By: Tom Polo ; text, Justin Paton ; editors, Justine Ellis & Dan Rule
Series: Perimeter editions -- 044; Perimeter Editions -- 044.
Publisher: Perimeter Editions; STATION
Published: 2019
Place of publication: Melbourne, Australia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 79
ISBN-13: 9780987637130
Subjects: Australian Painting; Modern Painting
Description: Drawing on a body of work made whilst on residency at the Cite Internationale des Arts, Paris, in 2016, the debut book from Sydney artist Tom Polo says much about his distinctive, mildly idiosyncratic approach to drawing, painting and the portrait. The 48 imaginary portraits in 'Paris Drawings: The Most Elaborate Disguise' ooze with both personality and character, their often impish visages revealing a language that proves both playful and pointed, leaning on the qualities of the naive and untaught, while also displaying an astute painterly syntax and sensibility. Featuring an essay by Justin Paton - Head Curator of International Art at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney - this book offers a lively vantage one of Australia's most intriguing young painters. Here, as with much of his broader practice, Polo subtly and poetically withholds as much as he reveals.