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Philip Guston: Retrospective
Manufacturer: Thames & Hudson ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0500284229 |
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"The single best introduction to a tremendous force in American painting."Chicago TribuneCustomer Reviews:
A most influential artist.......2007-04-01
Great addition for Guston lovers.......2005-03-04
Philip Guston: Retrospective.......2004-02-28
terrific, but incomplete.......2003-08-06
His brief but famous "Klan" period follows, and then the long final phase--the pink "lima-bean" heads, the skinny, runny-meat legs, the stubble, the huge stunned eyes. The book, like the show, exposes a startling range in these paintings, confirming that Guston's seemingly narrow palette and imagery served his imagination and themes with great breadth and force. Especially powerful are two drawings and a large painting of Nixon. The last work in the catalogue is a Guston-style deli sandwich, a small (18 by 18 inches?) but hugely sensual and humorous work that surprised me at the exhibit. The book also reproduces a number of crude yet painterly black drawings done in few but expressive strokes.
The catalogue includes a useful chronology of Guston's life and work, many many photographs of him in various times and circumstances, and critical/historical exporation of his work via 4 or 5 articles penned by writers who cover varied topics relevant to his career and aims--all illustrated and all drawing on Guston's own statements and articles. His words include some provocative criticisms of the limitations of abstract art, a form which he of course abandoned in the mid 1960's. Abstract art fascinates me, yet Guston's statments gave/give me much to think about.
My sole major criticism of this otherwise terrific book is that it fails to reprint several of the works in the exhibit. Most of the missing work is owned by SFMOMA, which was one of the host museums, so this is a real mystery. Further, the missing works are among the best of the exhibition--and are thus as good as anything included in the book. The single most egregious omission is 1975's "Head and Bottle," a grim, transfixing portrayal of alcoholism. Also gone are a work Guston painted inspired by T. S. Eliot's "Four Quartets" and an epic and (arguably) hopeful triptych called "Red Sea, The Swell, and Blue Water." These great works all appeared in the exhibit, yet are nowhere in the catalogue. A few others are missing as well, but I'm not familiar enough with Guston's work to identify or even accurately describe them just from my visual memory of this enormous and stirring show, and that is precisely what is so frustrating about the book. Surely one essential purpose of an exhibition catalogue is to honor the total visual experience of its exhibit.
Of course, for each of these missing works, the book reprints several that are just as evocative and harrowing. Thus, as a monograph of Guston this is an excellent choice, one I will always find useful, beautifully produced, and engaging. I'm still very glad I bought it. But as a record of what the exhibit actually offered, as a way of re-experiencing the "Retrospective" of the book's title, the book falls a little short.
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Philip Guston Retrospective (Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth)
Manufacturer: Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0929865219 |
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Philip Guston's early, figurative work and his mature abstractions have become much sought after by museums and private collectors, although they remain less familiar to the museum-going public than works by his friends Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko, Willem de Kooning, Barnett Newman, and Franz Kline. At the same time, his late figurative worksincluding his so-called "Klan paintings"have had a powerful impact on artists who embraced figuration after decades in which abstraction dominated American painting. This book and the retrospective exhibition it accompanies bring together the different bodies of Guston's work, exposing the connective threads between each of the artist's developmental stages. The most comprehensive survey of Guston's art to date, the book begins with figurative works dating from the 1930s and 1940s, followed by a small and pivotal group of transitional works that show the artist's rapid and bold entry into abstraction. The core works of the book, a major group of Guston's lush pure abstractions from the 1950s and 1960s, were critically acclaimed when first exhibited but have rarely been seen since. The book then tracks the artist's evolution back into figuration and the various themes and symbols that comprise his controversial late works. Also included are selections of drawings that act as both prelude and restatement at each stage of the artist's career, and a number of works from guston's estate that have never before been exhibited and that shed new light on his development.
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Philip Gustoon: A Selective Retrospective Exhibition 1945-1965
Philip Guston Manufacturer: Brandeis University ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000MLG2YA |
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Frits Van Den Berghe, 1883-1939, Catalogue Raisonne De Son Oeuvre Peint
Emile, Illustrated by Van Den Berghe, Frits Langui Manufacturer: Bruxelles: Editi Par Laconti, s.a ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000PSTMQU |
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Frits Van Den Berghe: Catalogue Raisonne
Manufacturer: Exhibitions International ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 9053251367 |
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The Eye of the Beholder: Upon Reading George Darley in the Summer Forest the Blue Fly Buzzes on the Wing Hear from the Sun Cloud Trills the Lark Port Angeles Cold Wind
Jacques Berthet , Hans Danuser , Bernard Voita , Thomas Flechtner , Annelies Strba , Micaela Garzoni , and N. Y.) Swiss Institute (New York Manufacturer: Distributed Art Pub Inc (Dap) ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 3907044053 |
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Even God Is Single, So Stop Giving Me A Hard Time
Karen Salmansohn Manufacturer: Workman Publishing Company ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 076112134X |
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It's the edgy gift book for every unmarried woman who's fending off her nudgy mother and overly concerned (over-bearing?) friend, who can't go to a holiday dinner, class reunion, shower or wedding without hearing the usual round of questions. Something like So, why aren't you married yet? Or sometimes, Still not found that special someone? Or any variation thereof.Customer Reviews:
Disappointing.......2007-05-09
Great Pick Me Up.......2005-11-04
Let Me Be ..........2003-01-26
Short and Sweet.......2003-01-17
A silly,unamusing book.......2002-04-24
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Even God Is Single (So Stop Giving Me A Hard Time).*
Manufacturer: Workman Publishing ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000HDMOL8 |
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Secretary: The Screenplay (ScreenPrint)
Erin Cressida Wilson Manufacturer: Soft Skull Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items: ASIN: 1887128190 |
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This companion to the movie Secretary, starring James Spader and Maggie Gyllenhaal which won Special Jury Prize for Originality, 2002 Sundance Film Festival, is a powerful love story that exalts the extreme, the ecstatic, and the weird. When a self-mutilating secretary goes to work for an over-exacting lawyer, the ingredients are ripe for a workplace S/M romance. With offbeat humor and edgy eroticism, Lee and Mr. Grey tread the thorny balance between control and surrender. Accompanying the screenplay are color photos, illustrations, the filmmakers' storyboards, notes, and essays.Customer Reviews:
Good screenplay, GREAT movie!!!.......2004-12-31
a most unusual secretary.......2003-11-04
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Ray Charles A Man and His Soul (Legendary Performers -- Volume 5) (Legendary Performance)
Manufacturer: Alfred Publishing Company ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0897245180 |
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A choice collection of some of Ray's most famous songs. Includes: Born To Lose, Georgia On My Mind, Hit The Road Jack, I can't Stop Loving You, Ruby, Swanee River Rock, What'd I Say.Customer Reviews:
Beware: This is NOT a "Ray Charles" Collection!.......2006-01-05
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Ray Charles: A Man and His Soul
Ray Charles Manufacturer: CPP/ Belwin, Inc. ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000LNJLHY |
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RAY CHARLES-A Man and His Soul
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The Essential Book of Su Doku, Volume 3: Advanced: The World's Most Popular Puzzle Game
Alastair Chisholm Manufacturer: Atria ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0743291689 |
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Another 201 Puzzles, 5 Seriously Advanced Levels of Difficulty!
The incredible popularity of Su Doku shows no sign of slowing and for every fan of the fascinating number game, The Essential Book of Su Doku Volume 3: Advanced will provide further hours of captivating fun -- with the most challenging puzzles yet.
The super-difficult puzzles created especially for this book will tax even the most agile Su Doku brains and leave people begging for mercy. Fiendishly devised for maximum fun, these puzzles are certain to take your Su Doku skills to new heights.
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I WANT MORE!!!.......2007-07-08
Pleasingly challenging puzzles.......2006-12-10
Finally...a really challenging Su Doku puzzle book!.......2006-07-11
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The Pre-Foreclosure Property Investor's Kit: How to Make Money Buying Distressed Real Estate -- Before the Public Auction
Thomas Lucier Manufacturer: Wiley ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0471692794 |
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Pre-foreclosure real estate is one of the hottest investment opportunities on the market. The Pre-Foreclosure Property Investors Kit offers step-by-step instruction and no-nonsense advice on how to find great deals, estimate fair market value, negotiate with sellers, sell your property on your own, and win big in real estate. Youll learn how to get the best deals on foreclosure properties before they go to auction and utilize simple ready-made worksheets, checklists, forms, and agreements that make getting started easy. Even people of modest means can get into pre-foreclosure investingall it takes is a little hard work, persistence, and the tools youll find in this handy guide.Customer Reviews:
Great Information! The best investment book I have read to date. .......2007-09-28
Very Good Resource .......2007-09-24
Ok content, misleading promise.............2007-09-16
Excellant with lots of meat........2007-08-26
This book is a winner!.......2007-07-16
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