{"title":"Books by Bill Hare","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"9781804251126","title":"Scottish Art \u0026 Artists in Historical and Contemporary Context","description":"\u003cp\u003eFollowing the fi rst volume of Bill Hare’s exploration Scottish Artists, \u003cem\u003eScottish Artists in an Age of Radical Change\u003c\/em\u003e, this new volume, \u003cem\u003eScottish Art and Artists in Historical and Contemporary Context\u003c\/em\u003e will expand on the invaluable contribution to the cultural development of modern and contemporary Scotland.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJoan Eardley, Alan Davies, the Boyle Family, Ken Currie, Anthony Hatwell, Doug Crocker, Jack Knox, Lys Hansen, William Turnbull, Iain Robertson, Douglas Gordon and John Kennedy – are just some of the artists who Bill Hare explores in both their historical and contemporary contexts. From body politics to the Athenian way to Scottish artists in Venice, this book will reveal the importance and intellectual power this generation of Scottish artists have had over decades of time through a compilation of in-depth essays and interviews.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43205627281586,"sku":"9781804251126","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781804251126_12d12b1b-3a4b-4a93-bb60-0ec0797ccfad.jpg?v=1786027262"},{"product_id":"9781915670243","title":"John Bellany","description":"John Bellany was one of the most significant Northern European Expressionists of the modern era. As with all expressionists his art is highly subjective and autobiographical and his self-portraits range from carefully observed student studies to disguising himself in different roles within his epic pictorial narratives.This book concentrates on the role of self-portraiture in Bellany’s art to trace and present the complex development of his artistic and personal obsessions and shows how he portrayed himself through a variety of mediums, including his private sketch books and a wide range of printing techniques as well as drawings and paintings. It includes a foreword by Helen Bellany, the artist’s wife, plus an essay and interview from exhibition curators’ Bill Hare and Sandy Moffat. Moffat’s account charts his long-term friendship and collaboration with Bellany, from their time at art school up until the latter’s death.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55206422544757,"sku":"9781915670243","price":20.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781915670243_db9f7dd0-ff3a-48db-8bbb-0c7d83a061d9.jpg?v=1786035146"},{"product_id":"9781804251676","title":"Facing the Nation","description":"\u003cp\u003e‘In all of his portraiture, Moffat aims to find a balance between emotional expression and compositional order. Over the last 50 years or so, almost single-handed, he has upheld the importance of modern portraiture in Scotland. A determined champion and outstanding practitioner of modern portrait painting, he has produced a body of work not only of high artistic quality, but also of national and historical importance.’ BILL HARE\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘“I am a poet but I’m attracted to clarity, to clear, sparse detail.” Muriel Spark was writing about her own prose style but she might equally have been describing the art of Alexander Moffat who was commissioned to paint her portrait in 1984…’ \u003cem\u003eA Companion Guide to the Scottish National Portrait Gallery\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Moffat’s portrait started from studies done in MacDiarmid’s home shortly before his death, but developed into something more complex: a likeness that is also an account of him as a thinker and worker.’ NORBERT LYNTON, \u003cem\u003ePicturing People: British figurative art since 1945\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56307002114421,"sku":"9781804251676","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781804251676_f85fd582-7e8e-4dcc-9bc0-f828fa467c56.jpg?v=1786027275"},{"product_id":"9781804250174","title":"Scottish Artists in an Age of Radical Change","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn his latest book, Bill Hare offers a comprehensive view of Scottish art from 1945 to the present day.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56312967922037,"sku":"9781804250174","price":18.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781804250174_ab330fa4-bbfd-4036-be07-0a13bbbfd3f7.jpg?v=1786027233"}],"url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/collections\/author-bill-hare.oembed","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}