June Leaf : thought is infinite / with an essay by Carter E. Foster and a text by Clara Rojas-Sebesta ; photographs by Alice Attie.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Leaf, June, 1929-2024, artist.

Contributor:

Foster, Carter E., writer of supplementary textual content.

Rojas-Sebesta, Clara, writer of supplementary textual content.

Attie, Alice, 1950- photographer.

Whitney Museum of American Art, host institution.

Standardized Title:

Works. Selections

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Leaf, June, 1929-2024--Exhibitions.

Leaf, June.

Leaf, June, 1929-2024.

Genre:

Exhibition catalogs.

Physical Description:

277 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits ; 26 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

Thought is infinite

Place of Publication:

Göttingen, Germany : Steidl Verlag, 2016.

Summary:

June Leaf's body of work - one built over nearly seven decades - belongs within a long tradition of visionary figures, from William Blake and Francisco Goya to James Ensor and Odilon Redon. Like these innovative predecessors, and fusing elements of both Expressionism and Surrealism, Leaf creates representational imagery with an intense subjectivity and personal symbolist vision. Leaf's fundamental interest in metamorphosis and states of becoming as subjects is paralleled in her working process. As imaginary as the artist's world is, her practice is deeply corporeal, materially rich, and firmly rooted the in physicality of the objects and mediums she uses. Leaf tends to work daily, driven by instinct and intuition. She sometimes invents new themes and motifs, but these often arise organically out of older ones, and the array of subjects she?s developed over the years remain close and ready for revisiting or adapting.

Contents:

Thought is infinite / Carter E. Foster

Studio photographs / Alice Attie

Works / June Leaf ; reproductions by Alice Attie

Drawing as sculpture / Clara Rojas-Sebasta.

Notes:

"Published on occasion of the exhibition 'June Leaf: Thought is Infinite', Whitney Museum of American Art, April 27-July 17, 2016"--Colophon.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9783958291027

3958291023

OCLC:

950965556