Linden Frederick

par **kenavo** Sam 29 Sep - 7:52

Peintre américain, né en 1953

Une immobilité et une quiétude palpables émanent des représentations de Linden Frederick sur les milieux ruraux et suburbains.
Encadré par des cieux colorés, ses peintures de maisons, de caravanes, de motels et d’établissements routiers déprimés capturent une atmosphère intense de solitude qui rappelle le travail d’Edward Hopper.

La lueur d’une fenêtre allumée dans une maison la nuit ou d’une sculpture de jardin ornementale dans une cour implique la présence humaine, bien que des figures n’apparaissent jamais. Malgré cela, Frederick explique: «Mon travail n’est pas une question de lieu. C'est vraiment une question de gens.

»Ayant grandi à Perth, New York, avec une population de seulement 60 ans, Frederick puise dans une communion intime avec son sujet.

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par **kenavo** Sam 29 Sep - 7:53

Découverte de ce matin… et je suis sous le charme…

par **kenavo** Sam 29 Sep - 7:53

par **kenavo** Sam 29 Sep - 7:53

par **kenavo** Sam 29 Sep - 7:54

Night stories

In this innovative concept and unique presentation, fine art painter Linden Frederick has created 15 paintings and enlisted and inspired noted writers to create accompanying stories. Renowned authors as diverse and talented as Elizabeth Strout, Ann Patchett, Anthony Doerr, Richard Russo and Lawrence Kasdan, among others, have contributing to expanding the artists' world with their tales, as varied and captivating as the artworks themselves.

From concept to realization, Night Stories has been nine years in the making. Finding his work collected by a growing number of authors/screenwriters/playwrights, artist Linden Frederick wondered why they connected so strongly to his work. So he asked, beginning with a conversation with local writer and friend, Richard Russo. His conversations then extended to the other literary figures whose work is included in this book: Luanne Rice, Lois Lowry, Andre Dubus III, Elizabeth Strout, Ann Patchett, Anthony Doerr, Tess Gerritsen, Ted Tally, Lily King, Dennis Lehane, Joshua Ferris, Daniel Woodrell, Louise Erdrich, and Lawrence Kasdan. Each had a unique response, and each agreed to write a short story to accompany one of Frederick's paintings.

Frederick is an artist whose work is rooted to small-town America, work that has sometimes been described as "stage sets," and that has provoked the imagination of some of the most important talents of the day. These writers have here commented on Frederick's art in the genre they know best, storytelling. Unlike any other book by a contemporary fine artist, this unique and compelling collection is the best of what a book can be: a perfect entertainment that combines visual and written art offered up by a collaboration of some of the greatest talents in each field.

Je suis tombée sur cette page et en voyant le nom de Richard Russo, je ne pouvais que succomber à la tentation, n’est-ce pas @Epi ? Wink