Unrepentant Ego: The Self-Portraits of Lucas Samaras

Samaras, Lucas; Prather, Marla (Curated by); Kuspit, Donald B. (Essay by)

ISBN 10: 087427138X / ISBN 13: 9780874271386

Edité par Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, 2004

A propos de cet article

Cloth, 335 pages, illustrations (chiefly colour); 30 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Dust jacket, with light edgewear, protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! Additional shipping charges may be requested for international & priority orders. *** The mercurial Greek-American artist has been a fixture of the New York art scene since the late fifties/early sixties. *** "Unrepentant Ego: The Self-Portraits of Lucas Samaras, which accompanies the Whitney Museum of American Art exhibition of the same title, follows the development of Samaras's self-portrait leitmotif, from the late 1950s to the present. With an extended chronology by Whitney curator Marla Prather that traces the influences and artistic trajectory of Samaras's life: an essay by Donald Kuspit that provides an in-depth analysis of Samaras's self-portraiture a full-color plate section; and an extensive bibliography and index, this volume is an essential guide to the life and work of an exceptionally challenging and complex artist." - Publisher. *** CONTENTS: Foreword, by Adam D. Weinberg; Introduction and acknowledgments, by Marla Prather; Chronology, by Marla Prather; The aesthetics of trauma, by Donald Kuspit. Size: 4to.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Unrepentant Ego: The Self-Portraits of Lucas Samaras
• Éditeur: Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
• Date de parution: 2004
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 087427138X
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780874271386
• Reliure: Hardcover
• Édition: 1st.
• État de l'article: Near Fine
• État de la jaquette: Very Good
• Type de livre: Collectible
• Catalogues du vendeur:
  • USA::6. Late Modern, 1945-1999
  • Photography::Subjects & Themes::Portraits
  • XXXL: Jumbo
  • New Books
  • Photography::Individual Photographer
  • XXX::COLLECTIBLES

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Synopsis

One of the most innovative artists of his generation, Lucas Samaras (b. 1936) studied art with such figures and artists as Meyer Schapiro, George Segal, and Allan Kaprow. Throughout his remarkably prolific forty-year career, Samaras has produced a heterogeneous and highly textured body of work. Samaras' innovative approach and use of different media have earned him a significant place in contemporary American art history, and his work has exerted significant, yet under-recognized, influence on younger artists. This catalogue, which accompanies a major exhibition, offers a timely reevaluation of Samaras' life's work and his invaluable contributions to contemporary art. This fall, the Whitney Museum of American Art will mount a major exhibition of the work of Lucas Samaras. This will be the first exhibition of Samaras' work in an American museum in fifteen years, and the first major consideration of the artist's work in New York since 1972. No major Samaras exhibition has focused on his self-portraiture, although self-depiction is arguably the driving force of Samaras' entire oeuvre. The catalogue and exhibition will survey his career from the mid-1950s to the present, and will trace the self-portrait leitmotif throughout various media, including drawings, photo transformations, boxes, mirrored environments, and film.

À propos de l?auteur

Marla Prather is curator of postwar art at the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York. Her publications include History of Modern Art; Willem de Kooning: Paintings; and Alexander Calder, 1898-1976.