![]() ![]() This large-format edition includes an in-depth exploration of Walton Ford's oeuvre, a complete biography, and excerpts from his textual inspirations: Vietnamese folktales and the letters of Benjamin Franklin, the Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini and Audubon's Ornithological Biography. The book's title derives from The Pancha Tantra, an ancient Indian book of animal tales considered the precursor to Aesop's Fables. The beasts and birds populating this contemporary artist's life-size paintings are never mere objects, but dynamic actors in allegorical struggles: a wild turkey crushes a small parrot in its claw a troupe of monkeys wreak havoc on a formal dinner table, an American buffalo is surrounded by bloodied white wolves. But a closer look reveals a complex and disturbingly anthropomorphic universe, full of symbols, sly jokes, and allusions to the 'operatic' nature of traditional natural history themes. PANCHA TANTRA WALTON FORD TASCHEN BOOK - YouTube Skip navigation Sign in 0:00 / 12:31 PANCHA TANTRA WALTON FORD TASCHEN BOOK KANTA KASTIRI 339 subscribers Subscribe 0 No. At first glance, Walton Ford's large-scale, highly-detailed watercolors of animals may recall the prints of 19th century illustrators John James Audubon and Edward Lear, and others of the colonial era. The sinister majesty of Walton Ford's wildlife. Unfortunately without the original dustjacket. All from 150.00 New Books from 150.00 Used Books from 350.00 Rare Books from 150. Köln, Taschen, 2009 Bound, hardcover, no dustjacket, 320pp., 29x38.5cm., richly illustr. Painted with the deft technique of a technical artist, Walton Ford's works vibrate with an intensity of uncanny familiarity they are both reassuring in style and disturbing in content. ![]()
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