Alison Watt: Phantom

by Colin Wiggins and Don Paterson

British artist Alison Watt (b. 1965) creates monumental paintings depicting richly draped fabric. These canvases show closely cropped folds, gathers, tucks, and creases--all sensuously developed from a selective palette of white, grey, burnt sienna, cadmium red, and yellow.

The National Gallery's seventh Associate Artist, Watt has been working in a studio near the permanent collection. This proximity to masterpieces she has long admired has...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1857094123
• ISBN13: 9781857094121
• Release Date: May 2008
• Publisher: National Gallery London
• Length: 72 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 9.8" x 10.6"