Will Barnet: Painting Without Illusion: the Genesis of Four Works from the 1960's - Brossura

McGrady, Patrick

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ISBN 10: 091120959X ISBN 13: 9780911209594

Casa editrice: Palmer Museum of Art, 2004

Riassunto

“My interest has been in developing further the plastic convictions that have been evolving in my abstract paintings; so that a portrait, while remaining a portrait, becomes in this sense an abstraction: the idea of a person in its most intense and essential aspect.” —Will Barnet, 1962

Will Barnet (1911–), much like Chuck Close and Alex Katz, has approached painting through sustained exploration of the relationship between abstract, geometric forms and the processes of perception. In this book, which accompanied an exhibition of the same name at the Palmer Museum of Art and the Alexandre Gallery, Patrick J. McGrady examines the paintings, drawings, and prints Barnet made in the 1960s, the decade when Barnet portrayed his family and renegotiated his commitment to pure abstraction.

As McGrady traces work during this decisive period in Barnet’s career, he shows how drawing became increasingly important in the evolution of such major paintings asMother and Child, The Blue Robe, and Eden. In addition, McGrady provides a richly documented discussion of critics’ responses to the profound changes in Barnet’s art and Barnet’s own commentary on his goals as an abstract artist.

Will Barnet illustrates many of the forty-nine works in the 2003 exhibition and includes a checklist of the exhibition as well as reproductions of comparative works.

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Informazioni sull'autore

Patrick J. McGrady is Charles V. Hallman Curator at the Palmer Museum of Art and Affiliate Assistant Professor of Art History at Penn State University.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Palmer Museum of Art
• Data di pubblicazione: 2004
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 091120959X
• ISBN 13: 9780911209594
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 32
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile