PAINTING BEYOND POLLOCK (0000) - Couverture rigide

FALCONER MORGAN

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0714868779 ISBN 13 : 9780714868776

Editeur : PHAIDON PRESS, 2015

Synopsis

Painting Beyond Pollock is a captivating account of the history of European and American painting from the mid‐20th century onwards.Art historian and critic Morgan Falconer presents an extensively researched piece of writing that explains why painting has surged in popularity since Jackson Pollock and the Abstract Expressionists began painting in the late 1940s-early 1950s.Drawing on both original sources and contemporary scholarship, this bold and richly designed book lavishly illustrates the most important works made beginning in the Post War era. In addition to well‐known artists such as Willem de Kooning, Agnes Martin, Alex Katz, Ellsworth Kelly, Marlene Dumas, Gerhard Richter and Brice Marden, Falconer explores the work of contemporary stars such as Cecily Brown, Mark Grotjahn, Elizabeth Peyton, John Currin, Neo Rauch and Mark Bradford as well as up‐and‐coming artists such as Blink Palermo and Sigmar Polke.Topics include:Things must be pulverized - Abstract ExpressionismWounded Painting - Informel in Europe and BeyondAgainst Gesture - Geometric AbstractionWitnesses - Post‐war Figurative PaintingAnti&hyephn;Tradition - Pop PaintingPost&hypen;Painting Part I - After PollockA transcendental, high art - Neo‐Expressionism and its DiscontentsPost‐Painting Part II - After PopNew Figuration - Pop Romantics

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur :

Morgan Falconer teaches at Sotheby’s Institute of Art in New York. He previously worked as a journalist and critic for newspapers and magazines including The Times, The Economist, Art in America and Frieze. He has also interviewed leading figures in contemporary painting, including many who are featured in this book, such as Peter Doig, Luc Tuymans, Elizabeth Peyton, Neo Rauch and Ellsworth Kelly.

Présentation de l'éditeur :

A lively and accessible history of European and American painting from the mid-20th century onwards, including a wealth of world-renowned painters such as Pablo Picasso, Francis Baco and Lucian Freud

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: PHAIDON PRESS
• Date d'édition: 2015
• ISBN 10: 0714868779
• ISBN 13: 9780714868776
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 384