Jim Shaw James Gorst’s buildings are defined

James Gorst’s buildings are defined by a combination of modern thinking and an ingrained respect for craftsmanship and bespoke detailing

He also looks at the transition from the colonial post-colonial modernity by placing the book in the context of his own family’s migrant experience

still life was far from being her only preoccupation

Visits to Japan and Germany informed his Prairie House period

this book draws attention to the idea of lyrical naturalism as a conceptual bridge that unites the power of poetry with the allurement of the natural world

Jim Shaw James Gorst’s buildings are definedBlending the reflected cultural climate of his adopted home, Los Angeles, with the multi layered world of American popular culture, Jim Shaw (b. 1952) creates rich, dream like worlds within distinct bodies of work. Addressing, for the first time, how the artist's oeuvre inter relates, this substantial monograph argues that the artist's seemingly disparate series actually function together to present a lucid and insightful portrait of America today.