Bob Thompson : this house is mine / Diana Tuite, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Tuite, Diana, editor.

Colby College. Museum of Art, organizer, host institution.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Thompson, Bob, 1937-1966--Exhibitions.

Thompson, Bob.

Thompson, Bob, 1937-1966.

Genre:

Exhibition catalogs.

Biographies.

Physical Description:

214 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm

Place of Publication:

Waterville, Maine : Colby College Museum of Art, [2021]

Summary:

"A biographical, historical, and reflective look at painter Bob Thompson (1937-1966). This publication situates Thompson within expansive historical narratives, recovering more of the historical specificity of his milieu through varied perspectives and through the inclusion of some unpublished archival materials. Illustrated throughout with dozens of Thompson's colorful paintings and drawings, alongside comparative works"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

The beautiful day #10 for Bob Thompson / A.B. Spellman

This house is mine : Bob Thompson's private allegories / Diana Tuite

Variations and old master narratives : Bob Thompson in the wake of art history / Adrienne L. Childs

In 1959 / George Nelson Preston

Dark figures / Bridget R. Cooks

Black monster and The hanging / Crystal N. Feimster

Put outside / Rashid Johnson

A tale of two Bobs / Lowery Stokes Sims

Memories / Alex Katz

Bob Thompson and the invisible / Robert Cozzolino

This is the high dive / Henry Taylor

Activating The judgement / Kraig Blue, Adjoa Jones de Almeida, Mońica Mariño

Means and ends : works on paper / Jacqueline Francis.

Notes:

"Published on the occasion of the exhibition Bob Thompson: This House is Mine, organized by Colby College Museum of Art, Waterville, Maine, and curated by Diana Tuite, Katz Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art."

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9780300253368

0300253362

OCLC:

1204266439