Clyfford Still (1904-1980), best known for his compelling abstract works with jagged fields and powerful expanses of color, stands among the giants of post-World War II art. Together with his peers Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko, and Barnett Newman, Still helped shape the new vision of art that came to be called Abstract Expressionism. This vividly illustrated book presents more than thirty of Still's greatest works, paintings that represent the full flowering of his style. 
The contributors to this volume explore various aspects of Still's art, his accomplishments, and the Abstract Expressionism movement. David Anfam presents an overview of Still's career from the 1930s through 1950s. Brooks Adams examines Still's artistic legacy and influence on succeeding generations of artists. And Neal Benezra's chapter focuses on a provocative, unexplored element of Still's studio practice: his habit of painting replicas of many of his own works. 
This book accompanies an exhibition at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., from 21 June through 16 September, 2001. The exhibition will offer an unprecedented opportunity to view outstanding examples of Still's work, many of which have not been on public display for decades.

Clyfford Still: Paintings, 1944 - 1960

Arts & Photography

Neal Benezra

David Anfam

Brooks Adams

History & Criticism

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden

Presenting the work of young British artists from the Saatchi Collection, this volume features work by over 40 of the most radical artists working in Britain in the 1990s. Essays analyse the phenomenon of the British art scene from the late 1980s, assessing the critical reaction of the work, placing it in its historical context, and revealing the startling achievements of these young artists in Britain and the role played by imaginative and courageous patronage. The book features the work of: Darren Almond; Richard Billingham; Glenn Brown; Simon Callery; Dinos and Jake Chapman; Adam Chodzko; Mat Collishaw; Keith Coventry; Pete Davies; Tracey Emin; Paul Finnegan; Mark Francis; Alex Hartley; Marcus Harvey; Mona Hatoum; Damien Hirst; Gary Hume; Michael Landy; Abigail Lane; Langlands and Bell; Sarah Lucas; Martin Maloney; Jason Martin; Alain Miller; Ron Mueck; Chris Ofili; Jonathan Parsons; Richard Patterson; Simon Patterson; Hadrian Pigott; Marc Quinn; Fiona Rae; James Reilly; Jenny Saville; Yinka Shonibare; Jane Simpson; Sam Taylor Wood; Gavin Turk; Mark Wallinger; Gillian Wearing; Rachel Whiteread; and Cerith Wyn Evans.

Sensation: Young British Artists from the Saatchi Collection

Lisa Jardine

Martin Maloney

Royal Academy of Arts/Thames & Hudson

Excerpt from The Law of Civilization and Decay: An Essay on HistoryThe value of history lies not in the multitude of facts collected, but in their relation to each other, and in this respect an author can have no larger responsibility than any other scientific observer. If the sequence of events seems to indicate the exist ence of a law governing social development, such a law may be suggested, but to approve or disapprove of it would be as futile as to discuss the moral bear ings of gravitation.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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The Law of Civilization and Decay: An Essay On History

Before Oswald Spengler, Arnold Toynbee and other historians of cultural rise and fall, there was Brooks Adams. And while today there are ever more historians adding their theories as to why civilizations collapse through such factors as military invasion,  over-taxation, or  ecological shifts,  most of these theories do not get to the cause of how civilizations, if not stunted and killed in youth or middle age, die of old age.  Our Western Civilization has an optimism that we have a culture of eternal life because of our science and industry, but it is precisely in this cycle of so-called ‘progress’ that a civilization falls. While Spengler described this process of the birth, life and death of cultures, several decades previously  Brooks Adams, contemplating his observations of societies, concluded that the way a society considers its money as a culture-symbol tells the character of the society. Spengler also dealt with the money question as a symbol of cultural rise and fall, and would surely have applauded Brooks Adams’ work, although he did not seem to have been aware of the American’s study.  In the Law of Civilisation and Decay, Adams considers various societies and civilisations by the symbolism, manner and influence of their coinage, and concludes that a society or civilisation  becomes sapped of its culture-vigour, its creative genius,  when entering a cycle where money becomes the dominant factor rather than merely serving as a mechanism. The energy of a society, or what we might regard as its collective libido, is diverted fully into commerce and trade and what remains of cultural creativity becomes an economic activity for the market: a commodity. This is  precisely where our Western Civilisation stands today.  For those ‘with eyes to see’ the value of Brooks Adams’ work should strike an immediate chord.

The Law Of Civilization And Decay An Essay On History

Black House Publishing Ltd

Philip Taaffe: The Life of Forms - Works 1980-2008

Markus Brüderlin

Kay Heymer

Hatje Cantz,Germany

Malcolm Morley Picture Planes

Xavier Hufkens Gallery

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