Kevin Harman: Glassworks 2014-2020

Published by Ingleby in the spring of 2020, this book contains 59 of Kevin Harman's 'Glassworks'. 

Harmans recent series of glassworks - positioned somewhere between painting and sculpture - often appear to have some sort of reference to the places in art history where nature and abstraction collide, such as Turner’s seascapes or Monet’s Giverny, but their origin is in the much more urban environment of 21st century Glasgow. Harman splits apart  the toughened glass panels of a salvaged double-glazing unit, and pours and layers reclaimed household paints onto both of the inside surfaces. The luminous and delicate forms that result belie the ordinariness of the materials and the physically demanding process of their making.

With an introduction consisting of a conversation between Harman and Irvine Welsh, this publication is  a visual sensation containing the dialogue and enquiry to take the reader deeper into the artist's work.