Imagining landscapes : paintings by Helen Frankenthaler, 1952-1976 / [essay by Robert Slifkin].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Slifkin, Robert, author.

Contributor:

Gagosian Gallery (London, England), host institution.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Frankenthaler, Helen, 1928-2011--Exhibitions.

Frankenthaler, Helen.

Frankenthaler, Helen, 1928-2011.

Painting, Abstract--United States--Exhibitions.

Painting, Abstract.

United States.

Genre:

Exhibition catalogs.

Physical Description:

83 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 33 x 28 cm

Place of Publication:

London : Gagosian, [2021]

Summary:

Helen Frankenthaler (1928-2011) has long been recognised as one of the great American artists of the twentieth century. A member of the second generation of postwar American abstract painters, she is widely credited with expanding the possibilities of abstraction through her invention of the soak-stain technique, while at times referencing figuration and landscape in highly personal ways. This volume explores references to landscape in Frankenthaler's paintings over a period spanning more than two decades, beginning in 1952, just prior to her breakthrough to stain painting. Focusing on fourteen works, it examines an extraordinary variety of gesture, from linear drawing to areas of lush, stained colour and flatter, more opaque applications of paint. An essay by art historian Robert Slifkin considers the complex evocations of space in Frankenthaler's works of this period. Richly illustrated with full-colour plates, details, and documentary photographs, Imagining Landscapes offers a close and detailed look at the artist's approach to painting over this twenty-five-year period. Exhibition: Gagosian Gallery, London, UK (17.06-18.09.2021).

Notes:

Accompanies the exhibition at Gagosian, London, June 17-August 28, 2021.

Includes bibliographical references.

Contains:

Frankenthaler, Helen, 1928-2011. Works. Selections

ISBN:

9780847871131

0847871134

OCLC:

1259541246