This in-depth retrospective of St Lucia's pre-eminent visual artist is the second in the Macmillan Caribbean Art Collection - a forum for leading artists of the region, edited by eminent art critic and historian Edward Lucie-Smith. Born in St Lucia, Xavier has spent more than half his life travelling the world gaining rich and rewarding visual experience: from early representational oils, through work addressing racial and political themes in the 1960s, to more 'abstract' series of watercolours, oils and collages drawing on Arawak and ancient myths, and celebrating the natural world. The work mirrors his love of the planet and no place more so than his native island and The Pitons, icons of colour and light. Xavier now lives and works with his characteristic abundant energy on the beautiful island of St Lucia - his Eden - supporting political and environmental issues close to his heart. The 360 colour plates are complemented by a commentary from the artist himself, and a foreword by Lowery Stokes Sims, expert in 20th century art and Trustee of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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"It shows Xavier's work at its best - inventive, bold, symbolic, richly coloured and textured." --Polly Pattullo, Caribbean Beat
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Llewellyn Xavier was born 12th October 1945 in St Lucia. The artist, who is a Christian preacher, has travelled extensively exhibiting, lecturing and researching material for his work. He is a keen environmentalist and was awarded the OBE in 2004 by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. He is married to Christina and now lives and works in St Lucia. Edward Lucie-Smith is an internationally known art critic and historian with more than a hundred books to his name. He has acted as curator for many exhibitions and lectured extensively all over the world. He was born in Kingston Jamaica.
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An artist from a small Caribbean island has to shape a career for himself in a very different way from one who comes from a larger community with a more established tradition of art-making. Read the first page Browse Sample Pages
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover
An artist from a small Caribbean island has to shape a career for himself in a very different way from one who comes from a larger community with a more established tradition of art-making. Read the first page Browse Sample Pages
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover
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By Dean Atkins
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Amazing variety of work, clear themes running throughout. Very impressive when presented together here.
Book has a great mix of narrative and full colour plates.
Book has a great mix of narrative and full colour plates.
Format:Hardcover
As a child I paged a thousand times through my parent's 'coffee table collection' of BIG fine-art books. Always favouring the daring French Impressionists, I was mesmerized by their life and works.
Collectors should embrace Xavier's work.
His art has a voice, a message and is timeless...a visual study of the heart and will always be close to mine. How fortunate we are that this living artist is in his prime.
Had this book been published when I was a little girl, it would have been my most treasured.
Collectors should embrace Xavier's work.
His art has a voice, a message and is timeless...a visual study of the heart and will always be close to mine. How fortunate we are that this living artist is in his prime.
Had this book been published when I was a little girl, it would have been my most treasured.
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I have known Llewellyn Xavier for 40 years, watched his development and collected his work. The Caribbean artist is very well known in his island of St Lucia and neighbouring Barbados and by collectors in Europe and North America where his work is in several important museums. The book is a survey of his life's work and is lavishly illustrated with nearly 200 pages of colour reproductions. Two interesting essays (Edward Lucie-Smith and Lowery Stokes Sims) give information on the artist's biographical and artistic backround and place him in context. I enjoyed it very much, being impressed by the charm, beauty and seriousness of its content.
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