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Llew Summers: Body and soul

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By (author): John Newton

Llew Summers (19472019) was a rarity in the art world a figurative artist in a scene dominated by abstract practices. Llew Summers: Body and Soul depicts the work and life of one of New Zealands most recognisable sculptors, a man of great warmth and astonishing vitality, whose works are daring, sensual and provocative. John Newton takes us from Summers beginnings as a self-taught artist, through his relationships and family life, to his success as a highly visible sculptor with works found in public spaces throughout New Zealand. Llew Summers: Body and Soul is published with the support of Creative New Zealand. We follow Summers progression as an artist, a true independent, working outside the hierarchies of the art world. His early monumental works in concrete made him a public fixture, with themes of nurture and nature, sexuality and solidity seen in his idealised female forms. As he discovered carving in wood and marble, the work became more subtle and increasingly dynamic. From the early 2000s, following his first trip to Europe, religious imagery entered Summers work in ways that extended both his visual and thematic range, and introduced a more overtly spiritual element. His later career features depictions of Christ, angelic winged figures and large, ambitious works in bronze. Illustrated with more than 200 photographs, including newly commissioned images of Summers works, Llew Summers: Body and Soul is a joyful record of a life in sculpture and a testimony to the value of public art. See more
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Product Details
  • Dimensions: 220 x 250mm
  • Publication Date: 31 Aug 2020
  • Publisher: Canterbury University Press
  • Publication City/Country: New Zealand
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9781988503141

About John Newton

John Newton was Llew Summers close friend during the last two years of the sculptors life. A poet critic and cultural historian his earlier books include The Double Rainbow: James K. Baxter Ngti Hau and the Jerusalem Commune (VUP 2009) and Hard Frost: Structures of Feeling in New Zealand Literature 19081945 (VUP 2017). He is the 2020 Robert Burns Fellow.

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