Cosmic theater : the art of Lee Mullican / curated by Michael Auping.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Auping, Michael, organizer, writer of supplementary textual content.

James Cohan Gallery, host institution.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mullican, Lee, 1919-1998--Exhibitions.

Mullican, Lee.

Mullican, Lee, 1919-1998.

Painting, Abstract--United States--Exhibitions.

Painting, Abstract.

United States.

Painting, American--20th century--Exhibitions.

Painting, American.

Genre:

Exhibition catalogs.

Physical Description:

79 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm

Place of Publication:

Zürich : Scheidegger & Spiess, [2019]

Summary:

The first book in more than a decade to focus on this important figure in twentieth-century American art, Cosmic Theatre: The Art of Lee Mullican surveys a key theme running through the artist's career, framing his unusual hybridization of symbolic figuration, abstracted landscapes, and abstract space with his long-time fascination with the sky and the galaxy beyond. The book explores the development of the Mullican's work in the context of his time and his biography, looking also at the implications of Jungian philosophy in relation to his admiration of pre-Columbian and Native American cultures. Michael Auping's essay is complemented by fifty full-color illustrations, featuring major rare paintings and drawings by Mullican from the 1940s to the 1970s.

Notes:

Catalog of an exhibition held at the James Cohan Gallery, New York, March 7-April 20, 2019.

Includes bibliographical references (page 79).

Local Notes:

On the occasion of the exhibition "Cosmic Theater : the art of Lee Mullican" held at James Cohan, New York, March 7 - April 20, 2019.

Contains:

Mullican, Lee, 1919-1998. Paintings. Selections.

ISBN:

9783858818232

3858818232

OCLC:

1091680920