Go Figure! New Perspectives On Guston
New Perspectives on Philip Guston
$118.31
- Hardcover
160 pages
- Release Date
15 March 2015
Summary
Go Figure!, a lavishly illustrated volume of essays about Philip Guston (1913-1980), considers the late work of Guston who was a friend and contemporary of Jackson Pollock and Willem de Kooning. This volume illustrates the enduring power of his work, particularly the fireworks generated by expressive contradictions embodied in his last paintings.
Among the lessons Guston still has to teach is the necessity of constantly messing up the tidy models of artistic “progress” that aesthetic …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781590178782 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1590178785 |
| Author: | Robert Storr, Peter Benson Miller |
| Publisher: | New York Review Books |
| Imprint: | New York Review Books |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 160 |
| Edition: | Main |
| Release Date: | 15 March 2015 |
| Weight: | 1.22kg |
| Dimensions: | 21mm x 255mm x 287mm |
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Critics Review
“A serious consideration of an often paradoxical painter, this collection contributes significantly to Guston’s enduring legacy.” – Publishers Weekly
“A serious consideration of an often paradoxical painter, this collection contributes significantly to Guston’s enduring legacy.” —Publishers Weekly
Robert Storr
Peter Benson Miller is Andrew Heiskell Arts Director at the American Academy in Rome. In 2010, he curated the exhibition Philip Guston, Roma at the Museo Carlo Bilotti-Aranciera di Villa Borghese in Rome, which then traveled to the Phillips Collection in Washington, D.C.
Robert Storr is the Dean of the Yale University School of Art. He was the commissioner of the 2007 Venice Biennale. He is the author of numerous catalogs, articles, and books, including Philip Guston.
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