Art and Soul: Notes on Creating by Audrey Flack - ISBN: 9780140193473
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Art as shamanism: a visionary journey into the heart of creativity.

Art and Soul: Notes on Creating

Notes on Creating

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  • Paperback

    160 pages

  • Release Date

    1 November 1991

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Summary

One of our foremost female artists conducts us on a visionary journey into the heart of the creative process.

At a time when the art world is dominated by trendy egotists and art itself is marketed like toothpaste, Audrey Flack is both an anachronism and a revolutionary: a photorealist painter and sculptor who eschews glamour and who clings to a vision of art as a form of shamanism—a means of self-transcendence whose ultimate aim is the healing of the planet. In this provocative book,…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780140193473
ISBN-10:0140193472
Author:Audrey Flack
Publisher:Penguin Books
Imprint:Penguin USA
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:160
Release Date:1 November 1991
Weight:132g
Dimensions:11mm x 129mm x 197mm
Series:Compass
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Critics Review

“An illuminating reading experience for the artist and aficionado alike.”–Lowery Sims, associate curator The Metropolitan Museum of Art “Her writing is a species of art in itself…not just a penetrating view of her artisitic situation but of the human situation.”–Norman Cousins

About The Author

Audrey Flack

AUDREY FLACK is a highly celebrated American artist. Her paintings, drawings, and sculpture explore feminist themes and reflect her interest in religion and mythology, including her Jewish heritage. Audrey’s works reside in several prestigious museums including The Museum of Modern Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Whitney Museum of American Art and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.

Audrey Flack has numerous prestigious degrees including both a graduate and an honorary doctorate degree from Cooper Union in New York City. Additionally, she has a bachelor’s degree in Fine Arts from Yale University and attended New York University’s Institute of Fine Arts where she studied Art History. In 2015, Flack received an honorary Doctor of Fine Arts degree from Clark University.

Audrey Flack’s Photorealist paintings were the first Photorealist paintings to be purchased for the Museum of Modern Art’s permanent collection, and her legacy for photorealism lives on to influence many American and International artists today. She lives and works in New York City and East Hampton.

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