John DOE

Bob Law: A Retrospective John DOE

A Retrospective. This is the first comprehensive monograph on Bob Law 1934 2004 and introduces the artist, his history and his work. Bob Laws artistic career started in the late 1950s when he moved to St. Ives. Inspired by the landscape, he made some of his most famous works whilst lying on his back in a field. These seemingly simple outlines around the perimeter of the paper lead to a minimalist exploration of lines, shapes and forms. Law went on to make a series of black paintings out of different combinations of dark colours that were exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art Oxford in 1974. A prolific artist throughout his lifetime,