Charles Bragg, the works! : a retrospective / Alan Bisbort.
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- Language:
- English
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- Physical Description:
- 223 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm
- Place of Publication:
- San Francisco : Pomegranate, 1999.
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- Charles Bragg may be the most popular and most overlooked artist of our time, as contradictory as that statement may seem. It is paintings, etchings, and sculptures are in private and public collections worldwide; he has hosted radio and television programs, leading discussions on everything from painting to politics; and he is a Los Angeles bon vivant, a cultural icon, an outspoken, brilliant, and extraordinarily funny man. But what gets lost in this colorful shuffle is the fact that Charles Bragg is among the most gifted American artists of the twentieth century. His technique is masterly, his subject matter profound. For every image that evinces a smile, there is another that is heart-stopping in its poignant commentary on the human condition. For every cartoonish caricature, there is a stunningly beautiful portrait.
- Charles Bragg: The Works! A Retrospective is the most complete collection of his oeuvre ever published, with 130 color plates and 50 black-and-white reproductions. The text by Alan Bisbort (author of Sunday Afternoon, Looking for the Car: The Aberrant Art of Barry Kite) offers a biographical overview and investigates the many facets of Bragg: his approaches to and techniques of painting, his inspirations and motivations, his social and political views, and his inexhaustible cunning and wit.
- The many stories that each Bragg painting tells, the layers of symbolic and metaphoric elements that comprise his canvases, continue to reveal themselves with every return viewing. Thus, The Works! is a book of enduring value, not only in illuminating the life and work of a great artist, but also in offering a fascinating collection of art that one can go back to and live in, overand over again.
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- Includes bibliographical references (page 222).
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- OCLC:
- 41231496
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