David Spiller A Playful Genius

HardcoverRare!Almost like newAn edition by Guy Pieters Gallery, Saint-Paul de Vence, France. David Spiller had a solo show at Guy Pieters Gallery in 2004. Catalogue essay by Edward Lucie-SmithDavid Spiller (1942-2018) grew up in Swanley, Kent. At the age of 15, he started a graphic design course and later a fine art painting course. He developed a passion for music and studied at the Slade School of Art, where he won the Henry Tonks Prize for Drawing.In the late 70s and 80s, he worked as a senior lecturer at Ravensbourne College of Art. In 1985, he visited the Cologne Art Fair, which inspired him to pursue his own artistic career. He moved to New York and Berlin, where he had solo exhibitions and regularly exhibited throughout Europe. His work is displayed in prestigious public and private collections worldwide.Spiller's work draws inspiration from popular culture and childhood memories, combining styles such as Pop Art, expressionist painting, and hard-edge abstraction. Love is central to his work, with influences from the Beatles and Bob Dylan.Language: EnglishThis book is in stock in our warehouse in the Netherlands and available quickly / Dit boek is op voorraad in ons magazijn in Nederland en snel beschikbaar.David Spiller A Playful Genius, almost like new. Only some (very) light signs of wear on the dust jacket.Guy Pieters Gallery, Saint-Paul de Vence, France, 2004, bound in linen cover with dust jacket, 22,8 x 16,8 x 1,1 cm, 48 pages.Price without shipping costs