Ways of Looking
By Ossian Ward
Ossian Ward's Ways of Looking is an instruction manual for the modern aesthete. Cutting through the bombast of artistic presentation and the overwhelming plethora of visual imagery that shapes and dictates our reaction to every form of art, Ward's book offers up seven ways of approaching modern art, using specific pieces as examples. Ultimately, whether or not art is intended as entertainment, confrontation, event, message, joke, spectacle or meditation is up to you, but at least you'll be well informed by a bright mind and a trained eye.
Published by Laurence King Publishing, £9.95