Ptolemy Mann

Thread Painting

Ptolemy Mann, Es Devlin, Ann Coxon , Chloë Ashby

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Hurtwood Press
01 August 2024

Art & design styles: from c 1960; Textile artworks; Individual artists, art monographs

The first monograph on British artist Ptolemy Mann is a celebration of her unique weaving and painting practice and extraordinary use of colour.

British artist Ptolemy Mann's studio practice bridges weaving and painting, creating distinctive, refined and radiant wall-based work, often on a large scale. Her early work was focused on weaving, and she then turned to painting on paper, later combining the two to paint directly onto her hand-woven artworks.

Focusing on the past decade, Thread Painting features over 140 stunning, full-colour images of these three phases in Mann's artistic career, and is her first published monograph. Thread Painting includes written contributions from Ann Coxon, curator of international art at Tate Modern, and Chloë Ashby, arts critic and author. A conversation between Mann and childhood friend, artist and stage designer Es Devlin sheds light on Mann's early influences and her meticulous process.

Thread Painting is a celebration of Mann's unique work during a fascinating decade of artistic output, exploring the relationships between dye, thread, paper, paint and time.

By (artist): Ptolemy Mann
Text by: Ann Coxon, Chloë Ashby
Interviewer: Es Devlin
Imprint: Hurtwood Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 300mm, Width: 235mm,
Weight: 1.760kg
ISBN: 9780903696746
ISBN 10: 0903696746
Pages: 260
Publication Date: 01 August 2024
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Ptolemy Mann (b. 1972) is an artist based in East Sussex, England, who creates paintings and hand-dyed and woven artworks underpinned by intelligent colour theory. She describes her largescale, emotive work as flirting with the dynamics of restriction, control and spontaneity. Mann studied at Central Saint Martins and the Royal College, where she explored the possibilities of her chosen materials. Mann lectures regularly, writes for the magazine Selvedge, curates and has received three grants from the Arts Council of England. She is represented by Taste Contemporary in Geneva, Gallery Lau in Munich and Findlay Galleries in the USA.