Out of time : Philip Guston and the refiguration of postwar American art / Robert Slifkin.
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TextSeries: Phillips book prize series ; 5.Publication details: Berkeley : University of California Press ; Washington, D.C. : The Phillips Collection, [2013]Description: xv, 246 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cmISBN: - 9780520275294 (hardback)
- 0520275292 (hardback)
- Philip Guston and the refiguration of postwar American art
- 759.13 GUS
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| Standard Loan | LSAD Library Main Collection | 759.13 GUS (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 39002100468140 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Focusing on the thirty-three paintings that Philip Guston exhibited at the Marlborough Gallery in 1970, this in-depth account reconsiders the history of postwar American art and the conception of figuration in modern art history. Through a myriad of cultural touchstones, including evidence from literary and musical vogues of the period, Robert Slifkin examines the role of history as both artistic medium and creative catalyst to Guston's practice as a painter. Slifkin employs a wealth of visual examples, archival materials, and original scholarship to situate Guston's paintings within broader artistic debates of the time, using the cultural movement of "the sixties" as its orienting foreground. This historical framework provides an interface between the notions of time in art and time in the material world. Lively and edifying, Slifkin's comprehensive text productively complicates the prescribed traditions of postwar art history and, in turn, shifts our perception of Guston and his place in the domain of modern art.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-229) and index.
Preface: Art, history and the 1960s -- Introduction: Figuration circa 1970 -- Literal, lateral, historical -- Action painting refigured -- Conclusion: Badness circa 1970.
Focusing on the thirty-three paintings Philip Guston exhibited at the Marborough Gallery in 1970, this in-depth account reconsiders the history of postwar American art and the conception of figuration in modern art history. Through a myriad of cultural touchstones, including evidence from literary and musical vogues of the period, this book examines the role of history as both artistic medium and creative catalyst to Guston\'s practice as a painter. Employing a wealth of visual examples, archival materials, and original scholarship, Robert Slifkin situates Guston\'s paintings within broader artistic debates of the time, using the cultural movement of the sixties as its orienting foreground. Through this historical framework, he crafts an interface between the notions of time in art and time in the material world. Lively and edifying, this comprehensive text productively complicates the prescribed traditions of postwar art history and, in turn, shifts our perception of Guston and his place in the domain of modern art-- Provided by publisher.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Preface: Art, History, and the 1960s (p. ix)
- 1 Introduction: Figuration circa 1970 (p. 1)
- 2 Literal, Lateral, Historical (p. 29)
- 3 Action Painting Refigured (p. 100)
- 4 Conclusion: Badness circa 1970 (p. 165)
- Notes (p. 185)
- Selected Bibliography (p. 219)
- List of Illustrations (p. 231)
- Acknowledgments (p. 235)
- Index (p. 237)
- Plates follow page (p. 110)