British artist David Remfry RA (b.1942) is perhaps best known for his large-scale watercolours, often of people dancing, as well as his landscapes of New York and his images of residents and friends painted and drawn during his twenty years living and working at the Chelsea Hotel, New York City. Yet this focus underestimates the breadth of Remfry's artistic contribution, as this book, the first in-depth account of his work, makes clear.
With chapters written by leading figures within the art and literary worlds, this insightful publication covers themes such as the influence of dance and fashion and the role of abstraction within Remfrys oeuvre. Featuring over 150 images drawn from across Remfry's varied career, this book will provide an unrivalled account of a truly innovative, original artist.
Foreword, Kathryn Johnson; David Remfry - The Early Years, Gerardine
Mulcahy-Parker; Counterculture Couture: A Fashion Gallery of David Remfry,
Rosalind McKever; Enter Night, Chloe Aridjis; Magnificent Gestures, Hettie
Judah; Disassembling, Kathleen Soriano; Endnotes; Selected Further Reading;
TV Features and Recordings; Collections; Solo Exhibitions; Index
Chloe Aridjis is an award-winning novelist. Kathryn Johnson is Head of Exhibitions at the Royal West of England Academy, Bristol. Hettie Judah is a writer and curator. Her book How Not To Exclude Artist Mothers (and other parents) was published by Lund Humphries in 2022. Rosalind McKever is Curator of Paintings and Drawings at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London. Gerardine Mulcahy-Parker is a curator, heritage consultant and founder of 'The Exhibitours' touring exhibition company. Kathleen Soriano is an independent arts curator, writer and television broadcaster.
