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TheArtistsLaboratoryseriespresentsthemoreexperimentalandlessfamiliarworkofcontemporaryartists,openingupthecreativeprocesstoexploretheconceptual,visualandpracticalissueswithwhichtheyengage.ForthepainterHughieODonoghueRAb.1953,thisprocessinvolvesresearchintohisfamilyspastinparticularhisfathersexperiencesintheSecondWorldWaranongoingprojectthathelikenstoadraughtsmansexplorationofsubject-matter.Seekinginhisarttoremembereventsthathedidnotwitnesshimself,toputfleshonthebonesofhistory,ODonoghueunitesthisimmersiveinvestigationinpersonalandpublicarchiveswithhispreoccupationwitharthistory,artefactsandmythology,creatingpoeticandmovingworksofuniversalsignificance.Inthisbook,thefifthintheArtistsLaboratoryseries,ODonoghueandhisfellowRoyalAcademicianGraysonPerrydiscussideasofremembranceandthesubjectivere-tellingofhistory,whileODonoghuehimselfreflectsonthepersonalandart-historicalreferencesthatinformhispractice.Thebookwillalsobepublishedinalimitededitioncontainingaspeciallymadeprintsignedbytheartist.
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