Rebecca Salter: Into the Light of Things

About this book

Rebecca Salter (b. 1955) is a British abstract artist who lives and works in London. After studying ceramics she spent six years in Kyoto Japan. There she started to make drawings and woodblock prints that combined Western and Eastern traditions. On her return Salter began painting on canvas using acrylics. She still views her practice as "making an object" rather than a surface. Although Salters work is studio-based it reflects her experience of drawing outdoors and she arguably can be categorized as a landscape artist. Accompanying a major survey exhibition at the Yale Center for British Art this sumptuously illustrated book maps Salters career situating her work in relation to international abstraction as well as investigating the impact of Japanese art architecture and aesthetics on her practice. Richard Cork considers Salters redesign of the entrance of St Georges Hospital London which demonstrates both her engagement with Japanese concepts of space and her belief in the therapeutic value of art. Published in association with the Yale Center for British Art Exhibition Schedule: Yale Center for British Art 02/03/2011-05/01/2011