These floral watercolors present another facet to Leanne Shapton’s sprawling subject matter: that of nature’s patterning as it oscillates between order and disarray. Shapton is known for selecting subjects that are within her immediate orbit, and committing herself to extract their essential visual language. Their dark, watery backgrounds lend a memento mori quality, treading a line between isolated still life and patterned field that sprawls beyond the edges of the page.
Leanne Shapton, b. 1973, is a Canadian author, artist and publisher based in New York City. She is the co-founder, with photographer Jason Fulford, of J&L Books, an internationally- distributed not-for-profit imprint specializing in art and photography books. Shapton’s Swimming Studies won the 2012 National Book Critic’s Circle Award for autobiography, and was long listed for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year 2012. Her works have appeared in diverse newspapers and magazines such as The New York Times, The Paris Review, and The New Yorker. Shapton was part of the 2018 Man Booker Prize jury.
Watercolor on paper
Unique
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