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Ross Watson's "Untitled #" - First art book for Bruno Gmünder publishing

Australian artist Ross Watson is without a doubt one of the most talented painters of our time--now a comprehensive collection of his body of work is available as a high quality art book for the first time.

His photo-realistic paintings are amazingly detailed and exact. His motifs are touching and alluring. With the luxurious art book Untitled # there's now finally a substantial overview of his oeuvre available, combining the works of two decades. The book is published by Bruno Gmünder Verlag, which is breaking new ground with this release: Well-versed in publishing the work of photographers and comic artists, this is the first time we have produced a book containing contemporary paintings which address themselves to gay men in a special way. We are proud that it was the fascinating work of Ross Watson that led us into this new experience. The maestro himself was also pretty satisfied with the finished product and immediately signed copies for some of his models ... as can be seen here with Jamieson Caldwell.

Iconic works by such art historical luminaries as Vermeer, Caravaggio and others appear regularly in Watson's oeuvre. Watson's models, mostly dressed in twenty-first century attire, are usually depicted as if standing in front of these paintings, or in several instances, cleverly integrated into the Old Master compositions themselves. But these wellknown paintings do not simply serve as decorative backdrops for his young male models. By removing these esteemed works from their normal milieu--museums and art books--Watson bestows upon them a fresh and sometimes unexpected perspective, almost as if we were seeing them anew.