Jim Shaw Visits to Japan and Germany

Visits to Japan and Germany informed his Prairie House period

with equal weight given to architectural form and engaging

James Gorst’s buildings are defined by a combination of modern thinking and an ingrained respect for craftsmanship and bespoke detailing

a trained botanical illustrator and scholar

this book draws attention to the idea of lyrical naturalism as a conceptual bridge that unites the power of poetry with the allurement of the natural world

Jim Shaw Visits to Japan and GermanyBlending the reflected cultural climate of his adopted home, Los Angeles, with the multi layered world of American popular culture, Jim Shaw (b. 1952) creates rich, dream like worlds within distinct bodies of work. Addressing, for the first time, how the artist's oeuvre inter relates, this substantial monograph argues that the artist's seemingly disparate series actually function together to present a lucid and insightful portrait of America today.