Pace Publishing Jo Baer Up Close in the Land of the Giants Texts by Jo Baer, Andria HickeyDesign by Mine Suda Expanding on the themes introduced in Jo Baer’s 2013 catalogue In the Land of the Giants—published for the dual exhibition at the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam and the Ludwig Museum Cologne—Up Close in the Land of the Giants features extended texts, found and drawn images, and paintings by the artist.This new publication provides deep insight into Baer’s research-based approach of locating source imagery in the Irish landscape, which has inspired and informed her visual lexicon for two decades. Publication DetailsJo Baer: Up Close in the Land of the GiantsTexts by Jo Baer, Andria HickeyDesign by Mine Suda2020Hardcover136 Pages10 3/4 x 8 1/4" Shop$55 USD (opens in a new window) Purchase Now Learn MoreJo BaerExhibitionJo Baer: The Risen / OriginalsNov 6 – Dec 19, 2020 Thirty-five years later—fondly remembering my Irish days and still beguiled by a relic plump with portents—the stone and its raison d’être came to form both the subject matter and object of my series of six paintings entitled In the Land of the Giants. Jo Baer Not allowing a single image to dominate the space offered Baer a radical departure from the dichotomy of abstraction and figuration, one that afforded multitudinous interpretations and open-endedness in the tensions that emerged between fractured images. Andria Hickey Jo Baer: Up Close in the Land of the Giants (opens in a new window) Purchase Now (opens in a new window) Explore Our Books (opens in a new window) Browse Our Shop Read More Pace Publishing — Jo Baer: Up Close in the Land of the Giants, Feb 11, 2021