Published to accompany the exhibition, Leon Kossoff: A London Life,
this fully illustrated catalog examines the paintings and drawings of
one of Britain's most acclaimed living artists. With a catalogue
raisonné of Kossoff's paintings in preparation, this is an apt moment to
consider his oeuvre. The publication brings together masterworks from
each period of the artist's career, demonstrating the unwavering rigor,
the nuance and the psychological intensity of his output.
The exhibition explores the artist's working practice and his creative
environment. The city of his birth, London has played a central role in
his career and many cityscapes will be on display - from Willesden
Junction to Christ Church, Spitalfields. His friends and family have
also contributed to his vision and the exhibition will reflect on the
relationship between the artist and his models. Together, these
landscape and figure paintings will present an irrefutable argument for
Leon Kossoff's place in the canon of modern master painters.
The publication has an introduction by Jackie Wullschlager (chief art
critic for The Financial Times) and essays by Andrew Dempsey and Lulu
Norman (writer and translator).
