Philip Taaffe / John Yau.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Yau, John, 1950- author.

Series:

Contemporary painters series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Taaffe, Philip, 1955---Catalogs.

Taaffe, Philip.

Taaffe, Philip, 1955-.

Painting--United States--20th century--Catalogs.

Painting.

Painting--United States--21st century--Catalogs.

United States.

Genre:

Catalogs.

Physical Description:

144 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm.

Place of Publication:

London : Lund Humphries, 2018.

Summary:

This book presents a comprehensive view of the work of American painter Philip Taaffe (b.1955), who has expanded the parameters of painting through his use of silkscreen, linocuts, collage, stencils, gouache, chine-colle, marbling, acrylic, enamel, watercolor, and gold leaf. Possessing many technical skills, Taaffe has moved decisively between unique pictorial inventions and repeated patterns and images, as well as overlaying divergent modes of representation, such as pattern and biomorphic abstraction. John Yau's insightful text is the first to look at every part of Taaffe's artistic development, from the works he made at Cooper Union, while a student of Hans Haacke, to the present. It pays special attention to Taaffe's acquisition of different techniques, as well as investigating his various sources of inspiration, which include the work of experimental filmmakers Maya Deren, Joseph Cornell, Stan Brakhage, Bruce Conner and Harry Smith, and the paintings of Swiss artist Andre Thomkins (1930-1985).

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1.The Rise of Conceptual Art, 1972

1977

2.Early Works, 1977

1985

3.In Naples, Across from Vesuvius, 1986

1991

4.An Alternative Worldview, 1990s

5.A New Century, 2000 to the present.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (page 136) and index.

Contains:

Taaffe, Philip, 1955- Paintings. Selections

ISBN:

1848222637

9781848222632

OCLC:

1004546437