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Irving Sandler's second memoir details his experiences as an art critic in New York city from the 1950s to the present.
Sandler discusses the major and minor artists and their works; movements, ideas, attitudes, and styles; and the social and cultural context of the period. He covers post-modernist art theory, the art market, and consumer society. American and European art and artists are included.
"Sandler covers the art, artists and movements of the sixties--Painterly and Post Painterly Painting, Pop Art, New Perceptual Realism, Op Art and Kinetic Sculpture, Minimal Sculpture, Construction Sculpture, Eccentric and Process Art, Earthworks, Conceptual and Performance Art and so on. He discusses the aesthetics of art as well as the social and political context of art, the art market, the art world and the culture heroes of the sixties." -- Provided by publisher
A brilliant memoir by the renowned art historian offers a fascinating insider's study of the world of modern art, the evolution of various styles of art, and his relationship with Barnett Newman, William de Kooning, Mark Rothko, David Smith, and other notable artists, critics, scholars, and collectors.
For the past thirty years Judy Pfaff's challenging and imaginative installations have set the pace during a dynamic and changing period in contemporary art. This richly illustrated book offers the first thorough look at the career of this influential artist who helped bring the revolutionary liveliness of the late 20th century to the walls and spaces of galleries and museums.
This publication contains a survey of female abstract expressionist artists, revealing the richness and lasting influence of their work and the movement as a whole as well as highlighting the lack of critical attention they have received to date.
Irving Sandler, the preeminent chronicler of postwar American art, returns to the subject with this new study drawing fresh conclusions about Abstract Expressionism that he has arrived at since his first publication of the movement 1970.
"This book is as much about painting as it is about the digital world. But beyond both it's really about visual intelligence. What makes it a joy to read is the lovely match between Faure Walker's subject and his style of writing: apparently artless, just making itself up as it goes along, but actually always with a witty spring, and never slack." -- MATTHEW COLLINGS, artist, critic, author, and television host "As a painter himself, James Faure Walker opens up a provocative dialogue between painting and digital computing that is essential reading for all painters interested in new technologies." -- IRVING SANDLER, author, critic, and art historian "Faure Walker has a distinguished backgroun...
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The definitive statement of the achievement of Alex Katz (b. 1927), a major contemporary artist with a large and and devoted following, this retrospective presents a sound and straightforward explication of the artist's evolution that reaffirms his stature in 20th-century art. 213 illustrations, 75 in color.