Bill Jacklin: Recent Work, New York

Artist: Bill Jacklin Title: Bill Jacklin: Recent Work, New York Author(s): Margaret Priest  Year: 2012 ISBN: 978-0-89797-433-2  Publisher: Marlborough Gallery, Inc. Book Format: Softcover, 11 5/8 x 9 5/8 inches, 32 pages, 24 color plates   Born in 1943 and raised in London, Bill Jacklin attended the Royal College of Art. In 1989 he was inducted into the prestigious Royal Academy of Art, and in 1991 was elected Royal Academician. Jacklin at first worked with abstraction, and as his interest changed toward studies of light and movement, he began to work with figuration. The abstract tendencies of Jacklin are present in his figurative works, as his crowded city landscapes often appear as patterns of light and dark, making them simultaneously remote and familiar. Jacklin does not make prints regularly, but every couple of years has focused intervals of printmaking concentrating on monotypes. When he returns to etching he does not simply readjust to the medium, but each time searches for so