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In my view : personal reflections on art by today's leading artists / edited by Simon Grant.
LIBRA N7475 .I569 2012
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Art criticism.
- Art appreciation.
- Art--Influence.
- Art.
- Physical Description:
- 208 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 27 cm
- Other Title:
- Personal reflections on art by today's leading artists
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York, N.Y. : Thames & Hudson, 2012.
- Summary:
- Art historian and journalist Simon Grant asked seventy-five major professional artists from all over the world to each name a single artist who has been deeply influential on their lives and work, and to write a short essay about their influence. In any such book, who counts as a major living artist is arguable; Grant has chosen artists he was interested in, who were interested in the project. This may be as good a way as any to organize such a project, and he has been consciously and carefully international in scope. There are two main limits to the project. These are high-art-market artists in a Western tradition; the majority create two-dimensional gallery-style work; most are painters. Most of the artists who have influenced them are also painters in that tradition, from the Renaissance onward. There are some lovely exceptions, and unexpected alliances and differences of style between the artists and their influences. The book as a whole has a meditative feel. Each essay includes reproductions of artworks by the artist cited as the influence; some of these reproductions are small, others are large and beautifully printed. Reproductions of work by some but not all of the artist-writers are included; considerations of space seem to have determined this choice. The book will interest general readers, as well as artists inside and outside the high-art world who are interested in the question of influence. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780500238967
- 0500238960
- OCLC:
- 783160290
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