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Agnes Martin: Her Life and Art By Nancy Princenthal
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- Title
- Agnes Martin: Her Life and Art
- ISBN
- 9780500093900
- Book Title
- Agnes Martin : Her Life and Art
- Publisher
- Thames & Hudson
- Item Length
- 9.8 in
- Publication Year
- 2015
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 1.4 in
- Genre
- Art
- Topic
- Individual Artists / General, American / General
- Item Weight
- 30.5 Oz
- Item Width
- 6.9 in
- Number of Pages
- 320 Pages
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Thames & Hudson
ISBN-10
0500093903
ISBN-13
9780500093900
eBay Product ID (ePID)
204263400
Product Key Features
Book Title
Agnes Martin : Her Life and Art
Number of Pages
320 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Individual Artists / General, American / General
Publication Year
2015
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Art
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.4 in
Item Weight
30.5 Oz
Item Length
9.8 in
Item Width
6.9 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2014-952825
Dewey Edition
23
Reviews
Rewarding. . . . [Princenthal] scrutinizes some two dozen works, tracks critical responses to Martin's art, and unpacks the artist's philosophical and religious sources. Fending off clichs about madness and creativity, Princenthal draws a careful distinction between the schizophrenic's aural hallucinations and the artist's visions., ""Princenthal's style is underplayed--she, like her subject, never lends herself to theatricality. Also like Martin, Princenthal does a lot with very little. She smoothly transitions between art and life, lyricism and scholarship. . . . Martin is most famous for her minimal paintings, but Princenthal homes in on the lesser-known pockets of her career as well. Princenthal's book is thoughtful enough to feel personal...her words are in service of Martin's work and spirit."", In the first comprehensive Martin biography, art critic Princenthal combines facts with astute critical analysis to create a richly inquisitive, vividly written portrait in sync with Martin's rigorous yet magnificently nuanced grid and stripe paintings. . . . Princenthal sensitively brings Martin forward as a strong, independent, courageous, thorny, self-mythologizing, funny, private, and generous artist of conviction and vision, who lived simply, attained wealth and fame, and experienced, at times, an ''ecstatic radiance'' that will forever animate her paintings., Rewarding. . . . [Princenthal] scrutinizes some two dozen works, tracks critical responses to Martin's art, and unpacks the artist's philosophical and religious sources. Fending off clichés about madness and creativity, Princenthal draws a careful distinction between the schizophrenic's aural hallucinations and the artist's visions., Doggedly researched and gracefully written. . . . [Princenthal] shines in describing Martin's earthy good humor and dedication to her art and in capturing the atmosphere in which the artist came of age. It's the best life we have of this remarkable woman, and it will remain definitive for a long good while., The first full-length biography of Agnes Martin reveals a driven, conflicted artist. . . . Princenthal has done a heroic service in scouting the glut of sources--reviews, documentaries, interviews, previous publications--for the brightest quotations and strangest anomalies. She strings these together into an engaging narrative. . . . [Her] tone is assured and reassuring. . . . Princenthal's book offers the frankest discussion to date of the artist's diagnosis [of schizophrenia]. It examines the shifting perception and treatment of mental illness in the US during Martin's lifetime, and also the rarity of her condition.", In the first comprehensive Martin biography, art critic Princenthal combines facts with astute critical analysis to create a richly inquisitive, vividly written portrait in sync with Martin's rigorous yet magnificently nuanced grid and stripe paintings. . . . Princenthal sensitively brings Martin forward as a strong, independent, courageous, thorny, self-mythologizing, funny, private, and generous artist of conviction and vision, who lived simply, attained wealth and fame, and experienced, at times, an 'ecstatic radiance' that will forever animate her paintings., ""Princenthal combines facts with astute critical analysis to create a richly inquisitive, vividly written portrait in sync with Martin's rigorous yet magnificently nuanced grid and stripe paintings. . . . Princenthal sensitively brings Martin forward as a strong, independent, courageous, thorny, self-mythologizing, funny, private, and generous artist of conviction and vision."", Superbly researched . . . offers the first comprehensive biography of Martin as well as a critical examination of the unusual body of work she produced during a professional career that lasted half a century., Writing a biography of Agnes Martin is a study in frustration, but Princenthal manages to piece together a story while getting beyond her subject's well-guarded privacy. [She] carefully describes the artist's works, but there is no way to appreciate [Martin] without seeing the originals. The author's deep research and personal correspondence with the artist will be enlightening to fans of Martin and will encourage others to seek out her work., Writing a biography of Agnes Martin (1912-2004) is a study in frustration, but former Art in America senior editor Princenthal manages to piece together a story while getting beyond her subject's well-guarded privacy. . . . The author's deep research and personal correspondence with the artist will be enlightening to fans of Martin and will encourage others to seek out the work. , Prompts us to appreciate the world around us in a new way, no longer seeing clothing as a practical necessity, but as a statement of beauty and technical perfection., The first full-length biography of Agnes Martin reveals a driven, conflicted artist. . . . Princenthal has done a heroic service in scouting the glut of sources--reviews, documentaries, interviews, previous publications--for the brightest quotations and strangest anomalies. She strings these together into an engaging narrative. . . . [Her] tone is assured and reassuring. . . . Princenthal's book offers the frankest discussion to date of the artist's diagnosis [of schizophrenia]. It examines the shifting perception and treatment of mental illness in the US during Martin's lifetime, and also the rarity of her condition., Princenthal's style is underplayed--she, like her subject, never lends herself to theatricality. Also like Martin, Princenthal does a lot with very little. She smoothly transitions between art and life, lyricism and scholarship. . . . Martin is most famous for her minimal paintings, but Princenthal homes in on the lesser-known pockets of her career as well. Princenthal's book is thoughtful enough to feel personal...her words are in service of Martin's work and spirit.
Dewey Decimal
709
Synopsis
The first biography of visionary artist Agnes Martin, one of the most original and influential painters of the postwar period, No substantial critical monograph exists on this acclaimed artist--the recipient of two career retrospectives as well as the National Medal of the Arts--who was championed by critics as diverse in their approaches as Lucy Lippard, Lawrence Alloway, and Rosalind Krauss. Furthermore, no attempt has been made to describe her extraordinary life. The whole engrossing story, told here for the first time, Agnes Martin is essential reading for anyone interested in abstract art or the history of women artists in America., Over the course of a career that spanned fifty years, Agnes Martin's austere, serene work anticipated and helped to define Minimalism, even as she battled psychological crises and carved out a solitary existence in the American Southwest. Martin identified with the Abstract Expressionists but her commitment to linear geometry caused her to be associated in turn with Minimalist, feminist, and even outsider artists. She moved through some of the liveliest art communities of her time while maintaining a legendary reserve. "I paint with my back to the world," she says both at the beginning and at the conclusion of a documentary filmed when she was in her late eighties. When she died at ninety-two, in Taos, New Mexico, it is said she had not read a newspaper in half a century. No substantial critical monograph exists on this acclaimed artist--the recipient of two career retrospectives as well as the National Medal of the Arts--who was championed by critics as diverse in their approaches as Lucy Lippard, Lawrence Alloway, and Rosalind Krauss. Furthermore, no attempt has been made to describe her extraordinary life. The whole engrossing story, told here for the first time, Agnes Martin is essential reading for anyone interested in abstract art or the history of women artists in America.
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