Ian Berry | Splendid Isolation

Ian Berry | Spendid isolation | Denim art

The New book of Ian Berry

Diana Wind, Arnoud van Aalst, Ian Berry

Ian Berry and Museum Rijswijk teamed up with Dutch specialist Art Publisher Jap Sam Books to produce Ian Berry | Splendid Isolation to coincide with the Solo Museum show of the same name in The Netherlands. With forwards by Diana Wind, the museums curator and Director Arnould van Aalst. Not only does it feature the work in the show, it looks over many of the pieces spanning Ian Berry’s 15 years working with denim.

Signed by the artist

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The book includes his Hotel California body of work along with his Behind Closed Doors collection.

ISBN

978-94-92852-30-4

Graphic designer

Tim Ho @duotone.hk

Number of pages

160

Book size

24 x 24 cm

Binding

Paperback

Date of Release: 29 November 2020

English and Dutch

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The book includes his 2020 projects like that of #iclapfor — The book includes his 2020 projects like that of *#iclapfor*

Ian Berry has emerged as an exciting young British artist over the last decade. He has been making virtuous figurative paintings and installations of denim for over 15 years. He uses discarded jeans, cuts them up into pieces and sorts according to hue like a painter places his colour nuances to his palette. At first glance the work seems two-dimensional, but when you zoom in, you can see how different layers of denim are placed on top and over each other. The ‘paintings’ are in fact denim collages so perfectly put together. They are almost impossible to distinguish from a realistic painting. Ian Berry also makes three-dimensional denim installations, which have been on display on multiple continents and at museums.

Ian Berry is a socially committed artist. With his work he responds to topical developments in society. His work is made of denim not only because he likes the material, it is as well because the textile industry is one of the most polluting industries. In his work he asks attention for this. In 2019, Ian Berry was proclaimed one of the 50 most influential people in the denim industry in the world and had been named a top artist un 30 in the world in 2013.

This eponymous publication accompanies the first solo-exhibition of Berry in the Netherlands. Ian Berry | Splendid Isolation, Museum Rijswijk, November 29, 2020 – April 5, 2021.

Ian Berry (1984, Huddersfield UK) is based in East London. He is internationally known for his works made out of only pairs of jeans.

Illustrated with numerous images that aim to convey the depth and texture of Berry’s work, which explores our urban environment and examines community issues, or the lack thereof. With this everyday material he portrays contemporary life, and for him there is no better medium to depict it than the material of our time, denim jeans.

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EDITING

Diana Wind, Astrid Huitker, Arnoud van Aalst, Eleonoor Jap Sam

TRANSLATOR

Dianna Beaufort, Words on the Run

COVER PHOTOGRAPHY

Ivey Photography

PHOTOGRAPHY OF ARTWORK

Emil Langvad | Debbie Bragg | Toby Smedley

PRINTER

Veldhuis Media BV, the Netherlands

PUBLISHER

Jap Sam Books, Prinsenbeek, the Netherlands

www.japsambooks.nl

i.c.w.

Museum Rijswijk, the Netherlands

www.museumrijswijk.nl

WITH THANKS TO

all the collectors for loaning the work for the exhibition, Catto Gallery, London and Art The Hague

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means, or the facilitation thereof, including information storage or retrieval systems, without permission in writing from the publisher.