Autumn/Winter 2025 - Script Art Catalogue by Script Media

1. WilliamColdstreamRemembered-PortraitsofaPainter 2. TheLifeoftheFields

ElementsofLandscape-JohnHitchens

ArtistasWitness

DavidGommon 7. Bristol-PaintingsbyPeterBrown

8. Cosmos-TheArtofObservingSpace 9. TheHolyFireofArt-MetamorphosisofaDream 10 IntheGazeofMedusa-TheLifeandWorksofLouisdeWet 11 Summer-AnExhibitionofContemporaryBritishPainting

12. AubreyLevinthal–MirrorMatter, 13. DuncanWylie–MultipleRealities

14. AdelinedeMonseignat:MotherhoodinFourActs

15. ScreenTowers-TheDrive-InTheaterinAmerica 16 MongrelsofOurMaking-ThePlastiglomeratesofHawai‘i

17 TheEighty-Eight-PhotographsfromaJapanesePilgrimage

18. Sergel-ArtistandEuropean

19. TheirKindredEarth-PhotographsbyWilliamEarleWilliams

20. QuestforBeauty-ThePhotographicJourneyofMalakofOttawa

21. Canada’sPhotographer-OntheWorldStage 22 AmericanFurniture2024

23 RecentlyPublishedArtBooks

24. RecentlyPublishedArtBooks

WILLIAM COLDSTREAM REMEMBERED

PORTRAITS OF A PAINTER

Edited by Catherine Coldstream

SEPTEMBER 2025 • 9781915670229 • £35 00

HARDBACK • 224 PAGES • 230 X 195

LONG DISCOUNT

New focus on Coldstream as a person, with personal angles from friends and colleagues, as well as reflections on his wider influence.

BillColdstreamRemembered:PortraitsofaPainter isacollectionofessaysandshorterreminiscent piecesreflectingonthelifeandlegacyofWilliam Coldstream(1908-1987)byawiderangeofthose whoknewandlearnedfromhim,whetherbydirect contactorthroughhiswork

Coldstream,knownasBilltohisfriends,andTheProf togenerationsofstudentsatTheSladewherehe wasProfessorofFineArtfrom1949-1975,wasa foundermemberoftheEustonRoadSchool,a moverandshakerattheGPOFilmUnit,wherehe workedcloselywithBrittenandAudeninthe1930s, andlateramajorfigureintheLondonartworldasit wentthroughcontroversialchangesfromthe1960s onwards Inthiscollectionheisrememberedas muchforhishilarity,humanity,andgiftfor friendshipasforthelastingmarkhemadeonthe culturallandscapeofaworldinflux Inadelightfully diverseselectionofstudiesandcharacteristic snapshotsBillemergesasacomplexfigure,aman ofwarmthandwit,apainterofobsessiverigour,a raconteur,andachampionoftheunderdog. Contributorsincludeformerstudents,fellow painters,andhistoriansofmodernBritishArt.

THE LIFE OF THE FIELDS

By Steve Marshall, Gill Clarke

SEPTEMBER 2025 • 9781915670267 • £20 00

HARDBACK • 128 PAGES • 270 X 210

LONG DISCOUNT

A unique survey of British artists' relationship with farming and farmed landscapes from 1900 to today, fully illustrated in colour.

Thisbeautifullyillustratedbookexaminesartists' portrayalsoffarmingfrom1900tothepresentand accompaniesanexhibitionatStBarbeMuseum andArtGallery(20September2025–10January 2026).

Withfarmingcoveringnearly70%ofEngland’sland, thecountrysideportraysEngland Artistscapturing lifeinthecountrysideduringthisperiodalso chronicledthemassivechangesinfarming techniquesandtheappearanceofruralEngland

Theinter-warperiodwastheheydayforartists’ portrayalsoffarming.Thiscoincidedwithasevere agriculturaldepression;decayingbuildingsand age-oldfarmingmethodsmadeforpicturesque subjectmatterthatappealedtoartistslikeStanley Spencer,ClareLeightonandEricRavilious.

DuringWWII,farmerswerepressuredtoincrease productivitybyembracingindustrialisation.Artists likeEvelynDunbar,EdwardBurraandFrances Hodgkinscapturedlifeonthelandinwartimewhen farmerswerecelebratedforfeedingthenation duringanationalemergency.Whenpeace returned,theirreputationascustodiansoftheland waserodedasbiodiversitywassacrificedto intensification

Inthe21stcenturyartistsarefindingrenewed inspirationinrurallandscapes,someacutelyaware ofintensivefarming’simpactonthenation’s wildlife

PETER CAMERON

ARTISTIC CONVICTIONS

By David Wootton

SEPTEMBER 2025 • 9781915670274 • £35 00

HARDBACK • 228 PAGES • 270 X 210

LONG DISCOUNT

The first monograph on Peter Cameron, one of the most successful 'offenders-turnedartists' working in Britain during the last 30 years, and an exemplar of rehabilitation.

PeterCameron(b.1947)tookupartwhileservinga prisonsentence,andlaterdescribedhis incarcerationasacareermove.Onhisreleasein 1992,hereceivedthesupportoftheKoestlerTrust andwasabletoevolvefrompost-prisonsurvivorto celebratedartistwithasubstantialbodyofwork

In2003,hewasdiagnosedwithParkinson’s,which tookhisartinanewdirection,emphasisingthe movementthatincreasinglyeludedhim Peter’sis aninspiringstoryofsurvivalandreal-lifegrit,richly illustratedandnarrated,andembellishedwith Peter’sownlivelyanecdotes

Hisearlyworkprovidesanalmostuniqueartistic recordoflifeinaBritishprisonfromtheperspective ofaninmate InchartingPeter'scareer,thebook alsoshowsanartistrespondingtoadiagnosisof Parkinson's,andsustainingandadaptinghis creativeworkasthesymptomsofhisdegenerative conditionhavetakenhold.Inaddition,thebook providesinsightsintothevitalartsceneofLiverpool, Peter'sadoptivecity.

ELEMENTS OF LANDSCAPE: JOHN HITCHENS

By Sandy Mallet and Anne Purkiss

OCTOBER 2025 • 9781915670182 • £45 00

HARDBACK • 300 PAGES • 300 X 297

LONG DISCOUNT

First extensive survey of John Hitchens’ work from 1990 onwards.

JohnHitchensachievedearlyacclaiminthe1960s and’70s,withaseriesofsuccessfulexhibitions leadingtoacquisitionsofhisworkbypublicand privatecollectionsintheUKandabroad From1990 onwards,hebeganexploringanewapproachto painting workingmorecloselywiththelandand usingnaturalmaterialsandobjectsfoundinthe landscape

Duringthisperiod,hedevelopedapersonalformof abstractionandimaginedlandscapes,settinghis workapartfrommoreconventionalabstract painting.GroundsforArtisthefirstextensivesurvey ofHitchens’worksince1990,documentinghisdeep connectiontotheruralenvironmentofhisSussex home.Itshowcaseshisshapedandmixed-media canvases,landartprojectsontheSussexcoast, andworkwithwood,stones,andfoundobjects.

SandyMallet’stextdrawsonextensiveinterviews withtheartistandincludesHitchens’own reflectionsonhispractice.

ThisisthesecondmajorstudyofJohnHitchens’ work,followingAspectsofLandscape,publishedin 2020tomarkhis80thbirthday

ARTIST AS WITNESS

OCTOBER 2025 • 9781915670298 • £20 00

HARDBACK • 120 PAGES • 270 X 210 LONG DISCOUNT

Artist as Witness explores the importance of the artist as eyewitness, providing insights not only into warfare, but also the impact of war on those involved and the communities affected.

ThisillustratedbookcoverstheFirstandSecond WorldWars,theliberationofBergen-Belsen,a concentrationcamp,theNurembergTrials,andthe warinUkraine.Evocativeworksbybothwell-known artists(suchasPaulNash,C.R.Nevinson,Laura Knight,EvelynDunbarandGrahamSutherland)and lesser-known(KaffGerrardandHildaJillard) encompassthemesof‘TheBattlefield’and‘The HomeFront’.

‘RememberingtheHolocaust’featuresworkby artistswhowitnessedtheliberationofBergenBelsen,aconcentrationcampandsurvivors, notablyEdithBirkin(néeHoffman),aswellasthe witnessesoftheNurembergTrials(LauraKnight, FeliksTopolskiandJuliusStafford-Baker)

GeorgeButler’spowerfuldrawingsmadeinsituin Ukrainecontinuetoremindusofthepowerofthe artistaswitnesstothedevastatingimpactofwar oncommunities:theshatteringoflives,forced migrationanddisplacement,aswellastheneedfor rebuilding,peaceandreconciliation Artistas Witnessaccompaniesanexhibitioncuratedbythe authoratRussell-CotesArtGallery&Museum, Bournemouth(25October2025–8March2026).

DAVID GOMMON

OCTOBER 2025 • 9781911408635 • £25 00

PAPERBACK • 144 PAGES • 283 X 232

LONG DISCOUNT

The first comprehensive overview of this highly prolific, yet relatively unknown, twentieth-century British painter

Bornintoaworking-classfamilyinLondon’s Battersea,DavidGommon(1913–1987)started studyingartatlocalcollegeswhenhewas16.Bythe ageof19,hehadbeentakenupbyLucyWertheim (1883–1971),thepioneeringLondon-basedgallerist. Renownedforadventurouslyshowingworkby artistssuchasChristopherWood,AlfredWallisand FrancesHodgkins,shegaveGommonhisfirstsolo exhibitionin1934

Inhislateteens,Gommon’sartwastransformedby the‘vividsight’ofChesilBeachinDorset:hewas ‘overwhelmedbytherevelationofbeach,thesea, thesky!Itwasbiblicalinitssplendour’Movedby suchmoments,Gommonbecameapainterof enigmatic,phantasmagoricimages,oftenrootedin thelandscape,thathoveronthevergeof surrealism

Aidedbytheartist’sownevocativewritings,Philip Vann’stextexaminesthedevelopmentofthis visionarylandscapeart,embeddedlatterlyinthe paradisicalsurroundingsoftheNorthamptonshire villageofHardingstone.Helooks,too,athow Gommon’sart–notableforitssubtlebut audaciouscolourism–isenrichedbyhisloveand appreciationofpoetry(includingworksbyJohn Clare,W.B.YeatsandT.S.Eliot)andfriendshipwith figuressuchasthepoet–artistDavidJones.

ThebookalsoexploresotheraspectsofGommon’s work.Theseincludetheexcoriatinglysatirical expressionisticartwork,TheBookoftheDead,made duringtheSecondWorldWar,andhisdiscerning portraitsofcreativepeopleheknewandadmired, suchasthegreatModernistpoetBasilBunting

BRISTOL: PAINTINGS BY PETER BROWN

By Peter Brown

NOVEMEBER 2025 • 9781915670281 • £35 00

HARDBACK • 108 PAGES • 250 X 300

LONG DISCOUNT

Stunning tribute to Bristol, brought to life through over 70 vibrant, full-colour paintings. Features Bristol's iconic landmarks.

Thisstunning108-pagelarge-formatgifthardback showcasesover70full-colourreproductionsof Bristolbyrenownedplein-airpainterPeterBrown

Morethanjustacoffeetablebook,BristolPaintings offersarichvisualandnarrativeexperience, featuringPeter’spersonalcommentary,anecdotes, andinsightsalongsideanillustratedmapmarking theexactlocationswhereeachpiecewascreated

BeyondBristol’siconiclandmarksliketheAvon GorgeandCliftonSuspensionBridge,Peter’s paintingsdiveintotheeverydayrhythmsofthecity Frombustlinghighstreetstoquietbackalleys, playgroundstoparks,hisworkbrimswithlife, movement,andatmosphere paintedentirelyon location,neverfromphotographs,inallseasons andweather.

BristolPaintingsisacompaniontoPeter’s acclaimedbooksonLondonandBathand coincideswithhisfirstBristolexhibition,aswellas anexcitingsoloshowinManhattanlaterin2025.

ABOUTTHEAUTHOR:

PeterBrown,affectionatelyknownas‘Petethe Street’,isahighlyregardedpainterofstreetscenes andcityscapes.Workingoutdoorsdirectlyfromhis subject,hehaswonnumerousawardsandisa memberofseveralprestigiousartsocieties

COSMOS

THE ART OF OBSERVING SPACE

By Chris Lintott, Amaury Triaud, Sian Prosser and Ione Parkin

JANUARY 2026 • 9781915670304 • £20 00 PAPERBACK • 96 PAGES • 270 X 210 LONG DISCOUNT

A range of media, including painting, sculpture, printmaking, photography, film, installation, glass work and ceramics inspired by the cosmos.

THE HOLY FIRE OF ART

METAMORPHOSIS OF A DREAM

FEBRUARY 2026 • 9781915670311 • £35 00

HARDBACK • 246 PAGES • 300 X 240

LONG DISCOUNT

Discover what it means to live a passionate, spiritually engaged creative life.

Thisbookisavisualmemoiroftheartist’sinnerlife andworkandanunfoldingofconsciousnessfrom earlychildhoodtothepresent.Itisarecordofher lifeexperiencesandsignificantdreamstranslated intopaintings,drawingsandsculpture.

Inhertwenties,Jungianpsychoanalysisprovided herwithausefultoolforinterpretationasdidher interestinAlchemy Theworkdrawsonmanyofher dreamswritteninsketchbooksandnotebooksthat shehaskeptovermanyyears Sheattemptsto tracethejourneythatthedreamshavetakenher, whichonoccasionshaveledtheartisttoa profoundsourceofinspiration,notablymystical texts,suchastheBible,theTalmudandtheZohar, aswellasmysticalHebrewandSufipoetry These textsnotonlyprovidedthewarpandweftofmany ofthepaintingsbutalsoprovidedplentifulspiritual nourishment

Thesesourceswerebroughttolifewhilelivingin Jerusalemforfouryearsinthemid-nineties She hadabeautifulviewfromherstudiooverlooking olivetreesandtheOldCitywalls.Sheimaginedthe ancientbiblicalcharactersstillinhabitingthe landscapeandthatshecouldseeHebrewletters clearlywritteninthelandscape,inthecrevices, rocksandboulders-ancienthistoryofalandstill throbbingwithlife.

IN THE GAZE OF MEDUSA

THE LIFE AND WORKS OF LOUIS DE WET

By Louis de Wet, Gabrielle Drake, Cally Callomon, Vivien Bellamy, Andrew Arrol

JULY 2025 • 9781910221495 • £50 00

HARDBACK • 208 PAGES • 306 X 225 200 ILLUSTRATIONS • LONG DISCOUNT

Apublicationdedicatedtothelife andworkoftheartistphilosopher LouisdeWet(1930–2018).

AN EXHIBITION OF CONTEMPORARY BRITISH PAINTING

With contributions from Rollo Campbell, Matt Incledon, Matt Price

JULY 2025 • 9781910221716 • £25 00

PAPERBACK • 208 PAGES • 260 X 210

40 ILLUSTRATIONS • LONG DISCOUNT

Documents an exhibition surveying the work of twentyfour of the most exciting contemporary painters in Britain today.

TheexhibitionSUMMERisbothanodtothetradition ofcollectivesummershowsinLondon’s contemporaryartscene–datingasfarbackasthe formationoftheRoyalAcademy’ssummersalons–andabroadthemearoundwhichtheparticipating artistswereinvitedtomakeorcontributeworks.

Theresultingcollectionofpaintingsandworkson paperisdelightfullyeclecticandidiosyncratic,from thequintessentialEnglishcountrygardendepicted byTimBradentotheholidayparkicecreamshop presentedbyCarolineWalker,thelushtropical vegetationofMauritiusrepresentedbyCaraNahaul totheabandonedislandhoteldiscoveredbyNick GosswhileholidayinginItaly.Fromapocalyptic gardenpartiestounsportingtennismatches, Cornishcoastalwalksatduskandgodshatching planstowoogoddessesinorchards,thisiscertainly asummerpaintingsurveynottobemissed

Itiswithaspiritofcelebrationandadesireto showcaseexcellenceincontemporarypainting acrossabroadspectrumofgenerations, backgroundsandstylesthatFrestonianGalleryand AnomiePublishingpresentSUMMER Thepublication featuresaforewordbyRolloCampbellandMatt Incledon,DirectorsofFrestonianGallery,andan essaybyMattPrice,PublisheratAnomie

AUBREY LEVINTHAL: MIRROR MATTER

AUGUST 2025 • 9781910221730 • £40 00

HARDBACK • 232 PAGES • 240 X 290

LONG DISCOUNT

Aubrey Levinthal’s paintings capture the quiet intensity of everyday life through translucent layers of oil paint, subtle gestures and atmospheric domestic scenes.

Reflectingonthemesoflove,isolation,intimacyand self-reflection,thisbookexploreshowLevinthaluses thinwashesofcolourtoshowthepassageoftime andinteriority,oftenportrayingherselfandher lovedonesintender,introspectivemoments.

Sceneslikeawomangazingintoamirror,amother andchildinbed,orasolitaryfigureatlunchare imbuedwithemotionandpsychologicalnuance. InfluencedbyartistsfromGiottotoBonnardand Modersohn-Becker,Levinthalplayswithperspective, scaleandcompositiontoexploreperceptionand identity Levinthal’spaintingsinviteustoconsider thedepthinsmallgesturesandfleetingmoments Throughadelicatebalanceofabstractionand realism,sheevokesthecomplexityofinnerlifeand theresonanceoflivedexperience

ThepublicationMirrorMatterhasbeenproducedby Ingleby,Edinburgh,toaccompanyLevinthal’sfirst soloexhibitionatthegalleryinsummer2025 It featuresanessaybyJenniferHiggieandan interviewwiththeartistbyHettieJudah Designed byJoDeansandprintedbyAlbeDeCoker,Antwerp, MirrorMatterisco-publishedbyIngleby,Edinburgh, andAnomiePublishing,London,inaneditionof1500 copies

DUNCAN WYLIE

MULTIPLE REALITIES

By Duncan Wylie, Marc Donnadieu, Valerie Kabov, Juliette Singer

Introduction by Adelaide Bannerman

OCTOBER 2025 • 9781910221679 • £50 00

HARDBACK • 252 PAGES • 290 X 245 LONG DISCOUNT

A publication dedicated to the work of Zimbabwe-born, London-based artist Duncan Wylie.

ADELINE DE MONSEIGNAT: MOTHERHOOD IN FOUR ACTS

By Adeline de Monseignat, Andrée Bober

OCTOBER 2025 • 9781910221709 • £35 00

HARDBACK • 208 PAGES • 280 X 220

57 ILLUSTRATIONS • LONG DISCOUNT

Sculpturalworksandinstallations exploringtheartist’sexperiences ofmatrescence:pregnancy,birth andtherelationshipbetween motherandbaby.

SCREEN TOWERS

THE DRIVE-IN THEATER IN AMERICA

By Steve Fitch

Introduction

Katherine Ware

OCTOBER 2025 • 9781960521118 • £35 00

HARDBACK • 136 PAGES • 267X305

76 PHOTOGRAPHS • LONG DISCOUNT

The first book in nearly 30 years to portray America’s iconic drive-in theatres

MONGRELS OF OUR MAKING

THE PLASTIGLOMERATES OF HAWAI‘I

By Steve Fitch Introduction by Katherine Ware

NOVEMBER 2025 • 9781960521095 • £40 00 HARDBACK • 216 PAGES • 280 X 229 144 ILLUSTRATIONS • LONG DISCOUNT

The first book to show how Hawai‘i’s Big Island beaches gather Pacific plastic, using stereoscopic photography to explore its causes and meaning.

PHOTOGRAPHS FROM A JAPANESE

PILGRIMAGE

By William Wylie

Introducted by Pico Iyer

NOVEMBER 2025 • 9781960521149 • £25 00 HARDBACK • 132 PAGES • 229 X 280

91 PHOTOGRAPHS • LONG DISCOUNT

A photographic experienceofn walking from one Buddhist temple to another along the circuit’s intriguing 750 miles

SERGEL: ARTIST AND EUROPEAN

OCTOBER 2025 • 9789190021507 • £35 00

Richly illustrated tribute to Johan Tobias Sergel, this book revives the legacy of Sweden’s once-celebrated 18th-century sculptor.

ThenameSergeliswidelyknowninSweden,butthe artistbehinditisnot.Inthe1700s,Sergelwasa nationalsymbolofprestigeandwaspraisedbySir WilliamHamiltonasthegreatestsculptorsince Michelangelo.Yettoday,hisworkhaslongbeen forgotten.Thisisoneofthefirstextensivestudies dedicatedtorevivingSergel’slegacyandexploring hislifeandartindepth.

ABOUTTHEAUTHOR:

MagnusOlaussonisanassociateprofessorat UppsalaUniversity(wherehecompleteda doctorateinartstudiesin1993),isanarthistorian andhasworkedsince1986atNationalmuseumin Stockholm,wherehepreviouslyservedasthehead oftheCollectionsDepartment Hehasreceived variousawardsandhonoursforhisefforts,including theGustavianAwardfromtheSwedishAcademy In 1993,hepublishedhisthesisTheEnglishLandscape GardeninSwedenduringtheGustavianEra

THEIR KINDRED EARTH

PHOTOGRAPHS BY WILLIAM EARLE WILLIAMS

OCTOBER 2025 • 9781880897348 • £21 95

HARDBACK • 260 PAGES • 273 X 222

SHORT DISCOUNT

Evocative

new photographs

of Connecticut by celebrated photographer William Earle Williams provide insight to the stories of Black American history.

TheirKindredEarthgathersimagesofBlack Connecticut'shistoricsitesbycelebrated photographerWilliamEarleWilliams.Aseriesof essaysilluminateshowthesesitesconnecttothe largernationalandinternationalnarrativeofBlack Americanhistory

Overthepastfortyyears,artistWilliamEarleWilliams hasmadesitesofAfricanAmericanhistorymore visiblethroughhisphotography Mentoredbythe famedphotographerWalkerEvans,Williams attendedtheYaleSchoolofArtatEvans'ssuggestion Williamsthenembarkedonadecades-longjourney toidentifyandphotographplacesacrossthecountry thatholdhistoriesoftheslavetrade,the UndergroundRailroad,andemancipation Many remainunmarkedandlargelyoverlookedinasociety thathaslongignoredBlackhistory Newarchival researchhasyieldedsignificantrevelationsabout ourunderstandingofConnecticuthistory Inthis book,Williamscreatesphotographsthatbring visibilityandpaytributetotheunrecognisedpeople whocontributedtoConnecticutcultureandits landscape.ItalsofeaturesessaysbyCherylFinley, FrankMitchell,JenniferStettlerParsons,Carolyn Wakeman,andDeborahWillis.

QUEST FOR BEAUTY

THE PHOTOGRAPHIC JOURNEY OF MALAK OF OTTAWA

NOVEMBER 2025 • 9780776644998 • £35 95 HARDBACK • 275 PAGES • 216 X 279

184 PHOTOGRAPHS • LONG DISCOUNT

The authorised biography of the prolific, passionate and tireless Canadian photographer Malak Karsh.

DU CANADA

ON THE WORLD STAGE | SUR LA SCÈNE MONDIALE

By Jean-Marc Carisse

Foreword by Jean Chretien, Beverley McLachlin, Paul Anka

MARCH 2026 • 9780776644790 • £52 00

HARDBACK • 240 PAGES • 279 X 279

180 PHOTOGRAPHS • LONG DISCOUNT

A celebration of renowned photographer Jean-Marc Carisse.

AMERICAN FURNITURE 2024

NOVEMBER 2025 • 9780776644998 • £35 95 HARDBACK • 275 PAGES • 216 X 279 184 PHOTOGRAPHS • LONG DISCOUNT

The Chipstone Foundation’s annual American Furniture is one of the most influential publications to have emerged in the decorative arts field during the last thirty years.