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Whitney Museum of American Art
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 433

Whitney Museum of American Art

  • Categories: Art

An exciting guide to, and celebration of, the Whitney Museum and its outstanding collection of American art This all-new handbook, a fresh look at the Whitney Museum of American Art's collection, highlights the museum's extraordinary holdings and its fascinating history. Featuring iconic pieces by artists such as Calder, Hopper, Johns, O'Keeffe, and Warhol--as well as numerous works by under-recognized individuals--this is not only a guide to the Whitney's collection, but also a remarkable primer on modern and contemporary American art. Beautifully illustrated with abundant new photography, the book pairs scholarly entries on 350 artists with images of some of their most significant works. The museum's history and the evolution of its collection, including the Whitney's important distinction as one of the few American museums founded by an artist, and the notion of "American" in relation to the collection, are covered in two short essays. Published to coincide with the Whitney's highly anticipated move to a new facility in downtown New York in the spring of 2015, this book celebrates the museum's storied past and vibrant present as it looks ahead to its future.

Whitney Biennial 2022
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 264

Whitney Biennial 2022

Presenting the latest iteration of this crucial exhibition, always a barometer of contemporary American art The 2022 Whitney Biennial is accompanied by this landmark volume. Each of the Biennial's participants is represented by a selected exhibition history, a bibliography, and imagery complemented by a personal statement or interview that foregrounds the artist's own voice. Essays by the curators and other contributors elucidate themes of the exhibition and discuss the participants. The 2022 Biennial's two curators, David Breslin and Adrienne Edwards, are known for their close collaboration with living artists. Coming after several years of seismic upheaval in and beyond the cultural, social, and political landscapes, this catalogue will offer a new take on the storied institution of the Biennial while continuing to serve--as previous editions have--as an invaluable resource on present-day trends in contemporary art in the United States.

H. C. W., Whitney Museum of American Art
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 116

H. C. W., Whitney Museum of American Art

  • Categories: Art
  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1978
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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Edward Hopper's New York
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 112

Edward Hopper's New York

  • Categories: Art

Illustrated by over 50 of Edward Hopper's most powerful evocations of New York, Avis Berman's essay explores how Hopper and his work illuminate each other by analyzing what his New York is - and is not. Ever the contrarian, he offers an alternative to what other American artists seized on - the new, the gigantic, the technologically exciting. Hopper stayed away from tourist attractions or landmarks of the city's glamorous skyline. His preference for nondescript vernacular buildings is emblematic of the larger Hopper paradox: he makes emptiness full, silence articulate, banality intense, plainness mysterious, and tawdriness noble.

Jeff Koons
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 306

Jeff Koons

  • Categories: Art

With over 200 illustrations of iconic works as well as preparatory studies and historic photographs, this book offers fresh insight into Koons’s polarizing and influential career.

Catalog of the Library of the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, New York
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 708

Catalog of the Library of the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, New York

  • Categories: Art
  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1979
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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The Whitney Women and the Museum They Made
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 597

The Whitney Women and the Museum They Made

  • Categories: Art
  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2017-01-03
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  • Publisher: Skyhorse

“Crucial in understanding the evolution of the American art scene.”—Library Journal Until Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney opened her studio—which evolved into the Whitney Museum almost two decades later—on Eighth Avenue in Manhattan in 1914, there were few art museums in the United States, let alone galleries for contemporary artists to exhibit their work. When the mansions of the wealthy cried out for art, they sought it from Europe, then the art capital of the world. It was in her tiny sculptor’s studio in Greenwich Village that Whitney began holding exhibitions of contemporary American artists. This remarkable effort by a scion of America’s wealthiest family helped to change the way art was cultivated in America. The Whitney Women and the Museum They Made is a tale of high ideals, extraordinary altruism, and great dedication that stood steadfast against inflated egos, big businesses, intrigue, and greed. Flora Biddle’s sensitive and insightful memoir is a success story of three generations of forceful, indomitable women.

Frames of Reference
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 232

Frames of Reference

  • Categories: Art

A survey of the best of American art tours the hallowed halls of the Whitney Museum presenting the works of Edward Hopper, Ben Shahn, and George Bellows, with essays by John Updike, George Plimpton, Alan Dershowitz, and others.

Whitney Museum of American Art
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 60

Whitney Museum of American Art

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1960
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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Richard Tuttle
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 96

Richard Tuttle

  • Categories: Art
  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1975
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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