Joseph McDonnell started out as a figurative sculptor studying under renowned Yugoslav sculptor Ivan Mestrovic, but his major works vary from stark geometric forms to others more loosely connected. They range in size from small to monumental and include mobiles, wall reliefs, and, more recently, an exquisite series McDonnell calls "Ice Cubes." He has a flawless sense of mass and speace that produces an inner logic in the forms he creates. His work in bronze and granite contains overtones of ancient civilizations and their symbolism deals with the primordial objects of life: the sun, the column, the arch. With an in-depth text by the well-known art critic Donald Kuspit and photographs by world-famous photographer of sculpture David Finn and his granddaughter, Rebecca Binder, this book brings McDonnell's unique vision to life through exquisite detail shots that explore the sculptures from many angles.

Joseph Mcdonnell

Arts & Photography

Kuspit, Donald B.

History & Criticism

University of Washington Press

This illustrated and long-awaited book will introduce you to the revolutionary work in glass by artist Tom Patti. Evocative photographs of Patti's sculptures offer tantalizing glimpses of a hidden world. They reveal interior landscapes pulsing with energy, and sensuous shapes frozen in glass. Insightful essays by noted authors and critics William Warmus and Donald Kuspit explore Patti's innovative career.

Tom Patti: Illuminating The Invisible

Warmus, William

Patti, Tom

Individual Artists

Museum of Glass Intl Center for

Clement Greenberg, Art Critic

Univ of Wisconsin Pr

At a time when beauty is much out of favor in the art world, Joseph Raffael has taken what some would consider the highly radical step of daring to paint beautiful pictures. Long one of contemporary art's most highly regarded painters, Raffael transforms intense observations of nature into color-drenched, deeply felt works of art. He often works on a very large scale, using either watercolor, oil, or acrylic to achieve the painstaking detail of his dazzling images. Amei Wallach's warmly perceptive introduction, inspired by a visit to the artist's home and studio in the south of France, explores Raffael's life history, his sources, and his ideas about art. Her individual chapter openers address the predominant subjects within the artist's work, including water and shore scenes, flowers, animals, fish and lilies, sacred symbols, and Raffael's wife, Lannis. A thought-provoking essay by Donald Kuspit places Raffael's painting within the larger context of twentieth-century art, psychology, and philosophy. Complementing these texts are the paintings themselves-sun-dappled carp, luminous iris, tumultuous rivers, and other wonders of nature captured in radiant visual meditations. The artist has also contributed two engaging written pieces, both of which illuminate the pleasures and occasional terrors of the creative process. His "Diary of a Painting" traces the evolution of one major work over several months, from the original slide to the finished wall-size watercolor, providing insight into the emotional and technical demands of creating a work of art. His informative and revealing "Autobiographical Chronology" provides a personal look back, from his Brooklyn childhood to his art-making career in New York, California, and the south of France, where Joseph Raffael lives and works today.

Reflections of Nature: Paintings by Joseph Raffael

Wallach, Amei

Raffael, Joseph

Abbeville Press

Sublimely decorative yet deeply spiritual, Hunt Slonem's work is filled with light and color, with exotic birds and animals, saints and Hollywood stars. His art celebrates the glory of life while underlining the threats that our civilization poses to the natural world. Donald Kuspit, noted critic and art historian, examines all the myriad facets of this extraordinary artist, including the lush, sensuous environment he has created in his studio over-looking the Hudson River in New York City. The studio is a work of art in itself, filled with hundreds of live birds and with plants, baroque furnishings, and brilliantly hued rooms that house a dazzling array of paintings. The generous size of the volume and its sensitive, innovative design convey the artist's energy and passion. An illustrated biographical outline, bibliography, and list of exhibitions provide further information. All the works are reproduced in full color in this first full-scale retrospective on the work of a major figure in contemporary art.

Hunt Slonem: An Art Rich and Strange

Harry N. Abrams

The most comprehensive and handsome illustrated book on the world's foremost glass artist.

Chihuly: 1968-1996

Collections, Catalogs & Exhibitions

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The critic is artist: The intentionality of art (Contemporary American art critics)

UMI Research Press

The tie-in to an exhibition at the Whitney Museum of American Art presents more than three hundred reproductions that chronicle the career of Lucas Samaras through a seleciton of his stunning self-portraits in a variety of media, accompanied by an illuminating biography of the artist.

Unrepentant Ego: Self-Portraits of Lucas Samaras

Prather, Marla

WHITNEY MUSEUM OF ART.

Starkness, unswerving focus, and cryptic intensity form the essence of Lynn Stern's work. While initially shocking, her skull and deathmask images are mysteriously inviting due to their vibrant luminosity and Stern's powerful identification with her subject. The work is a hauntingly beautiful meditation on mortality. Accompanying the photographs is an essay by noted art critic Donald Kuspit, who addresses the theme of human vulnerability, which is central to Stern's riveting imagery. Dispossession is enriched by earlier series, including "Whiteness," a suite of bold, photographically unconventional images that eliminate the medium's touchstones - detail, focus, tonal range and composition - to create the feeling of pure light.

Dispossession: Essay by Donald Kuspit

Stern, Lynn

Aperture

Aggression, Subversion, Seduction: Young German Painters

High, Steven S.

Baxter Gallery (Portland, Me.)

Portland School of Art

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