Philip Guston retrospective / organized by Michael Auping ; with essays by Dore Ashton ... [and others].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Guston, Philip, 1913-1980.

Contributor:

Auping, Michael.

Ashton, Dore.

Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Guston, Philip, 1913-1980--Exhibitions.

Guston, Philip.

Guston, Philip, 1913-1980.

Genre:

Exhibition catalogs.

Physical Description:

271 pages : chiefly illustrations (some color) ; 32 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Thames & Hudson ; [Fort Worth, Tex.] : Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, 2003.

Summary:

Philip Guston (1913-1980) had been a successful abstract painter for almost two decades when he boldly returned to figurative work in the late 1960s. His uncompromising late paintings, which broke taboos, baffled his admirers, and shocked the art establishment, ultimately inspired succeeding generations of artists, invigorating painting with a new sense of mission. This book, the most comprehensive survey of Guston's art to date, is published on the occasion of a major international exhibition. It brings together for the first time the different bodies of the artist's work, exposing the connective threads between each of his developmental stages. In-depth essays by a noted group of critics and art historians explore Guston's early influences and the emergence of symbols that resurfaced and played prominent roles in his late work. They provide insight into Guston's philosophy regarding abstraction, his role within its development, and the social and art historical context from which his so-called "Klan]" paintings emerged. In addition, one of Guston's own essays on art and innovation is reprinted. Also included are selections of drawings that act as both prelude and restatement at each stage of the artist's career; a number of works from Guston's Estate that have never been exhibited before and that shed new light on his development; an extensive illustrated chronology of the artist's life and career; and a comprehensive bibliography.

Contents:

The Early Years, 1930-1945 / Michael E. Shapiro 23

Impure Thoughts: On Guston's Abstractions / Michael Auping 37

A Maker of Worlds: The Later Paintings of Philip Guston / Andrew Graham-Dixon 53

Pyramid and Shoe: Philip Guston and the Funnies / Bill Berkson 65

The Culture of Painting: Guston and History / Joseph Rishel 75

Parallel Worlds: Guston as Reader / Dore Ashton 83

Faith, Hope, and Impossibility / Philip Guston 93

Imprint 272.

Notes:

Exhibition catalog.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-270).

ISBN:

0500093083

OCLC:

50737511