Matt Lamb : the art of success / Richard Speer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Speer, Richard.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Painters--United States--Biography.

Painters.

Lamb, Matt, 1932-2012--Exhibitions.

Lamb, Matt, 1932-2012.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (402 p.)

Edition:

Rev. ed.

Place of Publication:

Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A revised edition of the tell-all biography of the businessman turned outsider artist In this no-holds-barred biography of controversial artist Matt Lamb, Richard Speer takes readers on an all-access tour of Lamb's life and times. With true insider access that includes interviews with family and friends and Lamb's own personal archives, the book offers a massively compelling look at the artist's life. The successful millionaire CEO of a family business, Lamb turned away from business and toward painting as a response to a diagnosis of grave illness. Whether that diagnosis was accurate

Contents:

MATT LAMB : the art of success; CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; PART ONE THE PRINCE OF PARADOX; CHAPTER ONE A PORTRAIT OF THE STARVING ARTIST AS TYCOON; PART TWO THE BACKSTORY; CHAPTER TWO BUTCHERING SHEEP AND SIPPING TEA; CHAPTER THREE SOUTH SIDE STORY; CHAPTER FOUR THE LOVE AFFAIR THAT BEGAN IN THE WOMB; CHAPTER FIVE FAMILY BUSINESS AND OTHER OXYMORONS; CHAPTER SIX THE SALES OF A DEATH MAN; CHAPTER SEVEN DRUNKEN DAYS AND PAPAL KNIGHTS; PART THREE THE CRISIS; CHAPTER EIGHT THE FUNERAL DIRECTOR PICKS HIS OWN CASKET; CHAPTER NINE MISDIAGNOSIS OR MIRACLE?; PART FOUR THE NEW LIFE

CHAPTER TEN THE UNDERTAKER'S NEW UNDERTAKING CHAPTER ELEVEN THE JEW, THE NUN, THE ARCHITECT, AND THE OLD IRISH BASTARD; CHAPTER TWELVE LAMB DEBUTS TO RANTS AND RAVES; CHAPTER THIRTEEN THE WAKE AS COLLAGE; CHAPTER FOURTEEN POWER PLAYS; CHAPTER FIFTEEN THE TYCOON TACKLES GANDHI; CHAPTER SIXTEEN CHAOS, RAGE, AND THE WHITE HEAT OF PASSION; CHAPTER SEVENTEEN FINDING FACES IN THE CLOUDS; CHAPTER EIGHTEEN THE SPIRITS WHO LIVE IN THE CANVAS; CHAPTER NINETEEN THE CHARACTERS TAKE THE STAGE; PART FIVE THE CAREER BLOSSOMS; CHAPTER TWENTY GETTING HAMMERED; CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE PAINTING FOR PIERRE CARDIN

CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO FINDING FASS BENDER CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE THE DOYENNE IN LEATHER PANTS; CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR THE DEALER WITH GLOW-STICK NUNCHUCKS; PART SIX THE POPE, THE PRINCESS, AND THE GIANT CHILD; CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE PAINTING FOR THE POPE; CHAPTER TWENTY- SIX THE SPIRITUALIST TAKES ON THE MALL OF AMERICA; CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN THE KNIGHT AND THE PRINCESS; CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT GIANT CHILD; CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE POLLYANNA MEETS PATTON; PART SEVEN THE CONTROVERSY; CHAPTER THIRTY FUCK THE PUCK; CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE THE STRAIGHT JACKET AS PAINTING SMOCK

CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO THERE ONCE WAS A GALLERIST FROM NANTUCKET CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE THE MEDIA SHARKS TEAR IN; CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR OUTSIDER, OUTSCHMEIDER; PART EIGHT THE PRESENT TENSE AND FUTURE PERFECT; CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVE THE MAXIMALIST WRESTLES WITH MINIMALISM; CHAPTER THIRTY-SIX LAMB MEETS PICASSO; CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVEN THE CANYON FULL OF GHOSTS; CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHT AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 STUDIOS; CHAPTER THIRTY-NINE PANS AND PRAISE: THE CRITICS LOOK AT LAMB; CHAPTER FORTY ALWAYS FURTHER: LAMB TODAY AND TOMORROW; PART NINE THE EPILOGUE; CHAPTER FORTY-ONE WHEN THE SAINTS GO MARCHIN' IN

PART TEN THE EXIT INTERVIEW AFTERWORD; Q&A: THE PONY AT THE END OF THE RAINBOW; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; TIMELINE; SELECTED COLLECTIONS AND EXHIBITION HISTORY; CONTACT INFORMATION AND GALLERIES; ABOUT THE AUTHOR; NOTES; INDEX; SUPPLEMENTAL IMAGES

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781118450789

1118450787

9781299476516

1299476511

9781118450826

1118450825

OCLC:

841914988