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Beschreibung
In recent years, abstract painting has developed a rich complexity that, now more than ever, rewards intensive viewing; this authoritative book guides the reader through the key issues in the field. Profiles 80 of today's most vital contemporary abstract painters, such as Mark Grotjahn and Amy Sillman, featuring large full-colour reproductions of their work and incisive texts by author and curator Bob Nickas. The product of years of research and countless studio visits, Painting Abstraction is a major statement on this exciting new wave of creativity in painting.
In recent years, abstract painting has developed a rich complexity that, now more than ever, rewards intensive viewing; this authoritative book guides the reader through the key issues in the field. Profiles 80 of today's most vital contemporary abstract painters, such as Mark Grotjahn and Amy Sillman, featuring large full-colour reproductions of their work and incisive texts by author and curator Bob Nickas. The product of years of research and countless studio visits, Painting Abstraction is a major statement on this exciting new wave of creativity in painting.
Über den Autor
Bob Nickas is a critic and curator based in New York. He has organized more than eighty exhibitions since 1984 and served on the teams responsible for Aperto at the Venice Biennale in 1993 and the 2003 Biennale de Lyon. From 2003-06 he was Curatorial Advisor at P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center in New York. The author of numerous essays in catalogues and monographs, he is a regular contributor to Artforum and founding editor of Index magazine. His books include two collections of his writing, Live Free or Die (2000) and Theft is Vision (2007).
Details
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Erscheinungsjahr: 2014
Genre: Importe, Kunst
Rubrik: Kunst & Musik
Thema: Bildende Kunst
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: 352 S.
ISBN-13: 9780714867168
ISBN-10: 0714867160
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Nickas, Bob
Hersteller: Phaidon Press
Phaidon Verlag GmbH
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Phaidon Verlag GmbH, Zähringer Str. 24, D-10707 Berlin, gpsr@phaidon.com
Maße: 289 x 250 x 35 mm
Von/Mit: Bob Nickas
Erscheinungsdatum: 24.03.2014
Gewicht: 2,228 kg
Artikel-ID: 105632611