Shifting Currents indeed! Evocative Turner!
Turner’s Modern and Ancient Ports: Passages through Time ( Hardcover) by Susan Grace Galassi , Ian Warrell , Joanna Sheers Seidenstein, Gillian Forrester, Rebecca Hellen , and Eloise Owens This catalogue is an excellent production supporting the exciting exhibition at the Frick Gallery, running from February 23, 2017 to May 14, 2017. Featuring paintings, drawings and a collection of essays by the curators involved with the exhibition, provide further food for thought about Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775–1851) , his works and artistic development. I was captivated by the intriguing tile of one of the essays, ' Shifting Currents: Turner's Depictions of Coasts, Rivers, Harbors and Ports in the 1820's by Ian Warrell. It plays brilliantly to the idea of the exhibition....