Includes over 200 images of the artist's work and Hambling's witty conversations with Andrew Lambirth through which revealing details of the artist's life and work are discovered.

And conversations with Andrew Lambirth.

This book accompanied 'Portraits of People and the Sea', a major exhibition of Hambling's  new work at Marlborough Fine Art, 6 Albemarle Street London W1S 4BY, from 25 January to 25 February 2006.

The book includes over 200 images of the artist's work and Hambling's witty conversations with Andrew Lambirth through which revealing details of the artist's life and work are discovered. 

Not shy of confrontation, Hambling's arresting work has often caused controversy; A Conversation with Oscar Wilde unveiled in 1998, Scallop, her sculpture in Aldeburgh celebrating Benjamin Britten, and most recently her Portrait of Michael Jackson refused by the Royal Academy. All have been hotly debated in the media.  Alongside reproductions of 200 of her paintings, drawings and sculptures, is her frank and at times deeply moving commentary on her life and work. Beyond the performance and clowning, we discover an artist whose humanity is the vital element in her work.
 
Hambling first studied with Lett Haines and Cedric Morris at the East Anglian School of Painting and Drawing, then at Ipswich Art School, Camberwell School of Art and the Slade. In 1980 Hambling was appointed the first Artist in Residence at The National Gallery. UK public collections which hold her work include Tate, The National Gallery, National Portrait Gallery, the British Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum.

Hardback 240 pages, c.250 colour and b&w illustrations

***Please note that this is an extremely heavy coffee table sized book, hence the hefty extra postage charge***