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Summary: pretentious twaddle
Review: art is always subjective and individual views such as my own should only be taken in this context but these two pair of chancers really seem to take the biscuit.forget your damien hursts this self promoting pair and their various hangers-on just seem to continue to exist in the ongoing absence of any real interest in their work. for completists/students only i would suggest this book, a collection of childike daubings seems to me like emptiness masquarading as 'art' by a couple of pretty talentless pretentious students with travelust and a penchant for the goodlife beyond their ability to pay for it. i might well be wrong and they may be wonderful people. to me stuff like this remains aesthetically empty unless associated with some spurious idea of post modernism (yet another art world scam to get your money). painting wise its just rot. unless you're some kind of USA based tree hugger with a liking for wearing t-shirts emblazoned with lone wolves (sic) and grizzly bears then this humble reader strongly suggests you keep your money in your pocket! remember when painters used to able to actually paint as opposed to come up with a 'big concept'? or at least remember when the 'big concept' was actually heartfelt and not some careerist blag on a way to climb the art worlds social ladder and live the life you really have no ability to pay for thru through the sale of your work and demand for it from the public? or maybe, i'm just too much of an old cynic..
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Summary: new ways of seeing
Review: For some time now i have had an idea about what it is Olly and Suzi are trying to do- a sense of their oneness with the natural world but until recently- until the publication of this book and being able to read their first hand accounts of their travels i haddn't been able to articulate exactly what is was about their site specific art that makes it so unique - untill now.
historical context- i have used that term alot in my reviews over the years, an artistic importance- contextulised by time and place. but the notion of a place in history has even greater relevance to olly and suzi's interactions and a more literal relevance to this new way of seeing the natural world. the work they make is in some ways a traditional response to a longstanding problem- a problem of how do contemporary artists represent the animal in a way that is new and alive -so as to eek out the truth about the wild and endangered places- the places where the wild things are.
this problem is simply solved by Olly and Suzi's direct experience out their on the tundra infront of a predator,a landscape and pack -a million miles from the cossited universe of the urban studio and all its negative trappings(working removed and second hand creating works that are devoid of spirit-dead and decaying in a tank of fermaldahide). the work in these pages exudes life. it is alive, bristeling and dangerous- a true confrontation of a mortality certain notible artists working in Britian today would do well to take note of and would be even luckier to emulate. Olly and Suzi are an important artist- ironically due to a mutual resignation of the self. their collaborative art works and photographic revelations are devoid of brash ego and have taken on a new identity- a third person- a result of two minds that is more alive, more spontaneous and more process driven than the work of a sole artist. they are important in a historical context because their subjects matter is. the creatures and habitats are, to quote olly and suzi- "here now , but may not be for much longer" and because of this stark fact contemporary art needs to take notice of this most noble and deserving subject matter.
olly and suzi's subjects are quite litterally caught in time - a fragile historical momment in raw materials and on paper and film and because they show such a respect a reverance for their subject matter, a love that shines through the pages of this wonderful book i encourage anyone familliar of otherwise with the work of these two artists, to buy it, read it and enjoy it for what it is-a beautiful inspiring body of work dedicated to documenting a changing world through the eyes of two artists working as one- a new way of seeing indeed.
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Summary: Wonderful, special... they are the BEST !
Review: Honestly, i never heard about Olly&Suzi when my close friend, Bryan, offered me this book one year ago after reading an article in a brit mag...
til now i still can't take my eyes out of their work... the poetry, the beauty, the nature wild, theirs ideas and thoughts, the colors, the research, the creativity... theirs intelligence (artist's intellligence).. their sensibilities... those british artists get it ALL... TO DISCOVER immediatly... once you open this book, it is an absolute NECESSITY to keep on look to it... i loooooooooove them !
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Summary: The Ultimate Coffee Table Book
Review: I have been a fan of Olly and Suzi's work for several years since their exhibit at the Natural History Museum in London. This book provides a tremendous story to accompany the amazing art and photos. Ideal for adventurers, art enthusiasts, and animal lovers. Highly Recommended!
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Summary: Olly and Suzi: Awesome, Display, Of, Jenius!
Review: Simply put, this is an extraordinary book. A friend gave it to me and I do not know whether it is more a art, travel, nature, wilderness adventure, or photography book, because it defies classification, but in any event, it is a serious page-turner. I dont know where to start...the images from all over the coolest and most exotic places on earth, of some of the funkiest and loveliest paintings ever, are captivating. These guys live most children's dreams, they travel around, hang out with rare species of animals (some dangerous, some not), paint them and then get the animals to interact with the art - so they are at one with nature, creating stunning images and at the same time living at one with nature. A perfect gift for kids, visual artists, performance artists, photographers, or people with a sense of adventure or wanderlust.
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Summary: i want to hang out with olly and suzi
Review: Simply put, this is an extraordinary book. A friend gave it to me and I do not know whether it is more a art, travel, nature, wilderness adventure, or photography book, because it defies classification, but in any event, it is a serious page-turner. I dont know where to start...the images from all over the coolest and most exotic places on earth, of some of the funkiest and loveliest paintings ever, are captivating. These guys live most children's dreams, they travel around, hang out with rare species of animals (some dangerous, some not), paint them and then get the animals to interact with the art - so they are at one with nature, creating stunning images and at the same time living at one with nature. A perfect gift for kids, visual artists, performance artists, photographers, or people with a sense of adventure or wanderlust.
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Summary: Olly and Suzi: Awesome, Display, Of, Jenius!
Review: thank goodness we don't all listen to reviews like that below.... this book is anything BUT pretentious twaddle!
how can i describe it?.... it gives you so much - amazing photography, beautiful art, fascinating stories - and leaves you feeling positively up-lifted, excited by the world we live in and inspired to travel and take an interest in activities such as conservation.
olly and suzi are true artists, clearly passionate about the subject of their work. the work itself displays raw talent, honesty and beauty. couple this with the other wonderful elements of this book and you have a truly awesome document that i defy anyone not to appreciate.
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