DAVID BIERK

Since 1972, David Bierk has undertaken a relentless and passionate scrutiny of art history as a counterpoint to contemporary society and culture. The paintings presented in this book reveal the conceptual basis of the artist’s ongoing project: an investigation of the past as a means of recovering the human and natural ingredients of life in the present. In Bierk’s work, luminous fragments of iconic master works, embedded in surfaces of steel or juxtaposed with concrete, create compelling visual and intellectual collisions. In their search for a balance between the forces that shape human existence, David his paintings make a convincing case for the value of art in our lives.

PAINTING
2000, 10 x 10.5 inches, 135 pp., all in color
Hardcover, ISBN 0-9687931-0-X
code: hof bie G-6
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GET REAL: Contemporary Ameican Realism from the Seavest Collection

In her catalogue essay Virginia Bonito writes, "A testimony to the indomitable persistence and strength of realism as an art form, the Seavest Collection features work by the leading masters of Post War American Realism, among them, John Baeder, Carolyn Brady, Don Eddy, Richard Estes, Janet Fish, Gregory Gillespie, Ralph Goings, Philip Pearlstein, Joseph Raffael, and Larry Rivers [....] The practitioners of Contemporary American Realism have turned the tables on Abstraction, Surrealism, the camera yet again..."

PAINTING
1998, 10 x 10.5 inches, 138 pp., color illus.
Hardcover, ISBN 0-938989-16-2
code: hof get A-1

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VIOLA FREY

“For Frey the thread that weaves together all her work-- whether executed in clay, pigment or charcoal--is ‘subject matter.’ The term, which is Frey’s own, not only identifies an iconography but indicates that there can be no meaningful arrangement of forms or shapes, no manipulation of objects or colors, that is not motivated by psychological, emotional, and cultural tensions as well as aesthetic concerns. The objects that find their way into Frey’s paintings and drawings—and the events that result from their groupings and arrangements—are based on things she owns, many of them ceramic figurines salvaged from flea markets and thrift stores, and on personal experiences.” (Catalogue essay by Whitney Chadwick)

CONTEMPORARY ART
1992, 8.5 x 11 inches, 46 pp., color illus.
Softcover, no ISBN
code: hof fre A-1

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David Bierk Catalogue Series:
Sanctuary, Memory, Life, History

This catalogue series accompanied four posthumous exhibitions of the paintings of David Bierk (1944 – 2004) at the Nancy Hoffman Gallery. Each presented the work under the thematic titles of words he used in his paintings—Sanctuary, Memory, Life, and History—and examined the artist’s love of history and his interest in re-presenting the masters in a new context. Bierk’s still life paintings were after some of the artist’s favorite masters: Fantin laTour, Manet, and the Dutch masters. His landscapes honor the Hudson River painters, creators of idealized landscapes. Bierk often combined a variety of materials and mediums such as pigment with steel and painting with photography. Each catalogue is fully illustrated with color reproductions and a contributing essay.

PAINTING
2003 – 2006, 9 x 9 inches, each 50 pp, color reproductions
Softcover, ISBNs 0968793118 (Sanctuary), 0968793134 (Memory)
0968793142 (Life), 0968793150 (History)
code: hof bset B-1

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Yuko Shiraishi

This book presents the first survey of the paintings of Yuko Shiraishi (born 1956), a Japanese artist who lives in London. Her paintings juxtapose areas of rich color, achieved by superimposing different hues layer by layer. Extensive color images are accompanied by scholarly essays and a text by the artist.

PAINTING
1996, 9 x 11 inches, 183 pp, color illus.
Hardcover, no ISBN, published by Cantz
code: hof yuko B-1