{"product_id":"photographic-realism-9781350282421","title":"Photographic Realism","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne of the most captivating and provocative artists of the Sensation generation, Richard Billingham (b. 1970) came to prominence in the late 1990s with his visceral photobook \u003ci\u003eRay's a Laugh\u003c\/i\u003e, a slice of everyday life in a high-rise sink estate in the British West Midlands. This book is the first comprehensive discussion of Billingham's art practice. Articulating the socio-historical, aesthetic, geographical as well as anthropological aspects of Billingham's art, the book situates his work within the British neorealist tradition in visual art, cinema and televisual culture.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBeginning with the first photographic studies of his father in the early 1990s, Cashell argues that these sympathetic, haunting images prefigure the later development of his thematic concerns. Significant consideration is also given to Billingham's cinematic oeuvre, including his recent feature-length autobiographical film,\u003ci\u003e Ray \u0026amp; Liz\u003c\/i\u003e, which substantially clarifies the complex continuity of his d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKieran Cashell is a gifted writer and academic. He expertly draws from a wide palette of writers and theorists including Beckett and Freud to present us with a brilliant and original analysis of the complex and intriguing work of Richard Billingham. * Eoin Devereux, University of Limerick, Ireland and University of Jyvasklya, Finland *\u003cbr\u003eCashell stresses the iconographic and thematic correspondences that recur throughout Billingham’s work, whose camerawork constantly questions the conditions of a photographic realism that is neither sentimental nor sensationalist. * Critique d’art *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Abbreviations  Introduction: Still Pursuing the Real  1. A Sociologist’s Paradise: Early Studies 1990-1994 2. Prole Art Threat: \u003ci\u003eRay’s a Laugh\u003c\/i\u003e (1996) 3. They Fuck You Up: \u003ci\u003eSensation\u003c\/i\u003e \/ \u003ci\u003eFishtank\u003c\/i\u003e (1997-1998) 4. Outside: \u003ci\u003eBlack\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eCountry\u003c\/i\u003e (1997-2003) \/ \u003ci\u003eLandscapes\u003c\/i\u003e (2001-2003) 5. Enclosure: \u003ci\u003eZoo\u003c\/i\u003e (2004-2006) 6. Home: Recent Cinematic Work (2015-2018)  Conclusion: Locating Billingham in the Context of British Neorealism  Notes Index\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49407530533207,"sku":"9781350282421","price":28.94,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781350282421.jpg?v=1730499686","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/photographic-realism-9781350282421","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}