The Extreme of the Middle / Keith Stewart Thomson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Thomson, Keith Stewart, Author.

Contributor:

Schor, Mira.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tworkov, Jack--Philosophy.

Tworkov, Jack.

Art--20th century.

Art.

Art, Modern.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, [1991]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Jack Tworkov (1900-1982) was a significant figure of the Abstract Expressionist period. A noted painter, he was one of the first group of artists who defined the ideals of the New York School, along with Willem de Kooning, Barnett Newman, Ad Reinhardt, and Franz Kline, among others. This book, the first collection of Tworkov's writings, sheds new light on the lives and studio practices of Tworkov and his colleagues as well as on Tworkov's artistic theories and values. These enlightening and intimate writings-personal journals and letters, teaching notebooks, correspondence with other artists, previously unpublished essays, and published articles-are introduced and annotated by Mira Schor, who provides an informed account of an important artist and thinker. The book is enriched by photographs by Henri Cartier-Bresson, Irving Penn, Arnold Newman, and Robert Rauschenberg; family photographs with Hans Hofmann, John Cage, Kline, and others; and reproductions of some of Tworkov's finest work.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Editor s Note

Introduction

"I Was Born Yakov Tworkovsky'

"Notes on My Painting"

Letters to Wally Tworkov, 1936-37

Journals and Diaries, 1947-63

Published Writings, 1948-78

Private Criticism

Pedagogical Theory

Lecture on Rhythm

Lecture Notes

Tworkov at Yale

Contemporary Voices in the Arts, 1967

"The Search for Meaning"

Notes from New York Hospital 1969

'The Subject Matter of My Recent Paintings'

Journal July 1966-March 1975

"Dear Helen"

"Dear Hermine"

"Dear Erik"

"Dear Janice and Alain'

Diaries, 1973-75

"The Medium"

Diaries, 1976

"Blind Mans Bluff"

Diaries, 1976-78

"I Have a Certain Inclination to the Monstrous" Undated Note, 1970s

Diaries, 1979-80

"Art Saves My Life' Notes Made on the Train to Providence, RISD, April 22,1980

"A Nature in Deep Contemplation' Diaries, 1980-81

"Withdrawal into Silence"

Prognosis: Diaries, 1981

Letter to Andrew Forge

Diaries, 1981-82

Notes

Archival Sources

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2020)

ISBN:

9780300185812

0300185812

OCLC:

1024016343