Elvis' Graceland, a freezer stuffed with food, a Gulf gasoline sign standing in a deserted rural landscape - these are only a few of the iconic images captured by the "democratic camera" of photographer William Eggleston. Not only has he drawn upon images so telling of American culture, he has produced them with an intensity and balance of colour ...
New painting and drawing is the subject of "Remote Viewing," which accompanies an exhibition at the Whitney Museum. The book brings together eight artists, some well known, others emerging, all of whom create new worlds that exist somewhere between abstraction and representation. Each of the featured artists-Franz Ackermann, Steve DiBenedetto, ...
Mel Bochner (b. 1940) is considered a pioneer of the Post-Minimal and Conceptual art movements. Perhaps best known for his paintings, sculptures and drawings, Bochner became deeply involved with photography in the mid- to late-1960s, although most of these works have only more recently been exhibited. This volume provides a critical look at a ...
This volume is designed to accompany Goldin's 1996 retrospective and includes not only photographs but personal commentary by the photographer's friends.
The work of sculptor Eva Hesse (1936-1970), one of the greatest American artists of the 1960s, continues to inspire and to endure in large part because of its deeply emotional and evocative qualities. Her latex and fiberglass sculptures in particular have a resonance that transcends the boundaries of minimalist art in which she had her roots. ...
This volume - investigating the work of a particular photographer, in this case, Lisette Model - comprises a 4000-word essay by an expert in the field, 55 photographs presented chronologically, each with a commentary, and a biography of the featured photographer.
In 1980, mysterious chalk drawings of simple outline figures began appearing on unused advertising space in New York City subway stations. Combining the appeal of Disney cartoons with the sophisticated "primitivism" of such artists as Jean Dubuffet, these underground artworks were bold, humorous, accessible, subversive - and the work of one man - ...
In her essay for this concise new catalogue of Lee Bontecou's early, transparent vacuum-formed fish and flora sculptures and associated works on paper, the esteemed curator and art historian Elisabeth Sussman writes, "From a standpoint 40 years later, as sculptors everywhere seek to marry form, expression, observation, social context and modern ...
Qualifying the ancient Greek saying 'Man is the measure', Gordon Matta-Clark (1943-1978) asserted instead 'You are the measure', conveying the defining theme in an oeuvre that would exert a powerful influence on fellow artists and architects. In artworks that combined minimalist, conceptual, and performative practices, Matta-Clark gave primary ...
Although little-known today, Florine Stettheimer, as both artist and patron, played a significant role in the development of modernism in 20th-century American art. In elegant, refined images, Stettheimer developed a vanguard approach to portraiture as well as the fundamental concepts of time-space continuity. In this Whitney catalogue, three ...
Eva Hesse, a pivotal figure in the development of postwar international art, created paintings, sculpture, and works on paper that were striking in their beauty and playful sensibility. Although much has been written about Hesse's dramatic life - her childhood flight from Nazi Germany, her struggles to gain acceptance as a young female artist, her ...
Published to accompany a major exhibition exemplifying John Koch's finest works from the 1950s to the 1970s, this is the first book to explore the life and work of this self-taught artist, renowned for his painting of New York life. Spending over 4 years in Paris studying classic works at the Louvre, he developed a formidable technique, evident in ...
Published in conjunction with an exhibition at Boston's Institute of Contemporary Art, this excellent collection of essays addresses the work of seven artists including the late Mark Morrisroe, Nan Goldin, Jack Pierson, David Armstrong, and Tabboo!. During the 70s and 80s they began to develop a personal, diaristic approach to photography and ...
During her 60-year career, Jane Wilson (b. 1924) has become celebrated for her evocative paintings of landscape and weather. This first major monograph on Wilsons art and lifefrom her immersion in the vibrant New York art scene of the 1950s and 1960s, to her current approach to paintingis given new insight through previously unpublished ...
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David A. Ross, Jürgen Harten, Trevor Fairbrother, David Joselit, Elisabeth Sussman, Institute of Contemporary Art (Boston), Museum of Fine Arts (Boston)
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