'Enough is Definitely Enough' Book launch and 'in conversation' with Andrew Bracey
Book launch and ‘in conversation’ with the author Andrew Bracey, Natural Wine and Food from Small Food Bakery.
Jenny Eden, artist, lecturer and co-director of Oceans Apart gallery, will be in conversation with Andrew Bracey to celebrate the launch of Andrew Bracey's book Enough is Definitely Enough published by Beam Editions. Join us for this free event to hear two brilliant people in conversation Get a signed copy book at a special price too.
An inspirational book about an inspirational painting
Painted in 1656 by Diego Velázquez, Las Meninas is one of the most revered and innovative artworks in history. Widely discussed, debated and critiqued, it has inspired artists, writers and filmmakers for centuries. Just when you thought there was nothing more left to say about the painting, artist, curator and lecturer Andrew Bracey asked sixty-two contemporary artists to interpret the artwork. Well, almost. The painting itself never leaves the world-famous Museo del Prado in Madrid, so he distributed a postcard of Las Meninas to respond to in place of Velázquez’s original.
Bracey’s perceptive and engaging writing brings Las Meninas to life in new ways through the interpretation of these contemporary artworks, which range from the witty and the cosmic through to the conceptual and intuitive.
Exploring themes including ‘close looking’, time, mirroring, the meta and the complex, and associative thinking, this book demonstrates how an artist’s interpretation of an artwork can offer a host of new perspectives.
The conversation will explore different aspects of the book, the exhibition that it grew out of and Jenny and Andrew's approach to making, curating and looking at art, specifically Diego Velázquez's Las Meninas.
Enough Is Definitely Enough introduces the relative art novice to the links between contemporary art practice and art history, while allowing the expert to find alternative ways of looking at one of the world’s greatest paintings.
Attendees of this event will be able to purchase signed copies of the 120 page, beautifully printed soft back book for the special price of £14 (RRP £18).
THIS EVENT WILL SELL OUT SO BOOKING IS ESSENTIAL!
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Event Format
- Food and wine from 6.30pm onwards
- Talk at 7.30-8.15pm
- Food and wine continues until 10.30pm
- Attendees of the event will also be able to view our current exhibition - Geoff Diego Litherland Catching Matter after the event.
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Delicious and natural food and drink
Beam have invited their close collaborators from Small Food Bakery in Nottingham to provide a selection of delicious dishes to help yourself to made from local, organic and biodynamic ingredients. We will be offering some stellar natural wine from Wrights Wines too.
For those that like to eat early food will be ready from 6.30pm and will also be served after the talk finishes at 8.15. Drinks will be served until 10.30pm.
About Andrew Bracey
Andrew Bracey is an artist based in Waddington, Lincolnshire. His work explores the relationship between curator and artist, art and reproductions and the reworking of historic artworks in contemporary art. Andrew is an enthusiastic champion of the importance of slow looking and close observation that sits in contrast to a fast moving social media driven world.
His work as an artist and curator has been profiled in Art Monthly, Contemporary, The Times, The Guardian, Flux, The Metro, Double Negative and Creative Tourist and on BBC Radio 4.
Painted in 1656 by Diego Velázquez, Las Meninas is one of the most revered and innovative artworks in history. Widely discussed, debated and critiqued, it has inspired artists, writers and filmmakers for centuries.
Just when you thought there was nothing more left to say about the painting, artist, curator and lecturer Andrew Bracey asked sixty-two contemporary artists to interpret the artwork. Well, almost. The painting itself never leaves the world-famous Museo del Prado in Madrid, so he distributed a postcard of Las Meninas to respond to in place of Velázquez’s original.
Bracey’s perceptive and engaging writing brings Las Meninas to life in new ways through the interpretation of these contemporary artworks, which range from the witty and the cosmic through to the conceptual and intuitive.
Exploring themes including ‘close looking’, time, mirroring, the meta and the complex, and associative thinking, this book demonstrates how an artist’s interpretation of an artwork can offer a host of new perspectives.
Enough Is Definitely Enough introduces the relative art novice to the links between contemporary art practice and art history, while allowing the expert to find alternative ways of looking at one of the world’s greatest paintings.
17 × 24 cm
120 pages, 80 colour images
Paperback, speciality papers throughout.English
Published by Beam Editions
ISBN 978-1-9162759-9-7
1st Edition Paperback, 2021