Marking the artist's first major publication in his 30-year-plus career,
Mel Kendrick: Woodblocks presents a collection of the American
artist's wood block prints and water drawings.
Produced over a period from the early 1990s to the present day,
Kendrick's prints explore bold yet complex arrangements, all the while
introducing the subtle grain of the wood, signifying the organic quality
of the artist's creative process. These large-scale prints, typically
measuring 3 x 2 metres in size, are largely informed by the artist's
ongoing sculptural practice, in both spatial engagement and process.
Kendrick's work is discussed within the book through texts that
investigate the relationship that the works hold with both architectural
and artistic influencers, as well as with his well established
sculptural practice, through which he has a storied history of using
wood, bronze, rubber, paper and cast concrete.