Jack Whitten - the Greek alphabet paintings
"The first-ever publication to delve deeply into Jack Whitten's mid-1970s Greek Alphabet painting series, this volume will include critical essays by curators, artists, and scholars; never-before published writings by Whitten and related archival materials; and a fully illustrated plate se...
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New York, NY
Dia Art Foundation
2023
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | "The first-ever publication to delve deeply into Jack Whitten's mid-1970s Greek Alphabet painting series, this volume will include critical essays by curators, artists, and scholars; never-before published writings by Whitten and related archival materials; and a fully illustrated plate section of the Greek Alphabet paintings. In the exhibition's companion publication, art historical insight into the unprecedented achievement of the Greek Alphabet paintings and related works on paper is provided in essays by art historian Courtney J. Martin and Dia curators Donna De Salvo and Matilde Guidelli-Guidi. Poetic reflections on Whitten's art, biography, and cultural importance are provided in the contributions of artists Fred Moten and Gregg Bordowitz. Previously unpublished materials from Whitten's archives, including his own personal writings, supplement this unprecedented publication. In his lifetime, Whitten never had the opportunity to exhibit more than a handful of these works. In presenting a significant number of these paintings together for the first time-with forty-two color plates representing the sixty-some paintings in the series-Jack Whitten: The Greek Alphabet Series makes possible a fuller appreciation of the formal and material permutations of Whitten's practice"-- |
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| Beschreibung: | Impressum: This book is published in conjunction with "Jack Whitten: The Greek Alphabet Paintings" at Dia Beacon, Beacon, New York, November 18, 2022 - July, 10, 2023 |
| Beschreibung: | 231 Seiten Illustrationen 27 cm |
| ISBN: | 9780944521991 978-0-944521-99-1 0944521991 0-944521-99-1 |