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

Internationally renowned South African artist William Kentridge creates animated movies from “drawings for projection,” charcoal renderings he alters during filming. Paralleling the political upheaval in his homeland, his works reflect the tenuous nature of memory, both personal and historical. 
Published to accompany Kentridge’s first retrospective exhibition in the United States and South Africa, this fascinating book offers in-depth coverage of the artist’s animated films, drawings, and theater productions. Kentridge has also created 16 new, previously unpublished “artist’s pages” for the book. 
A wealth of colorplates, essays, and an interview exploring various facets of Kentridge’s creative process, and a chronology outlining both his and his country’s milestones make this book the most comprehensive examination of Kentridge’s work to date.

William Kentridge

Dan Cameron

Lynne Cooke

ARI Sitas

Staci Boris

Individual Artists

Harry N. Abrams

Ed Paschke

Pulsing with electric colors, Pop Art works featuring Marilyn, Elvis and social outcasts.

Art Institute Of Chicago

Hudson Hills

The Hirshhorn's landmark show 'Distemper' defined what may be the last major art trend of the 20th century -- the prevailing sense of social and cultural dismay that Washington columnist E.J. Dionne called the 'distemper' of the 1990s. This brilliant exhibition catalog presents the work of ten younger artists whose work reflects the distemper of the times: Miroslaw Balka, Marlene Dumas, Robert Gober, Mona Hatoum, Mike Kelley, Guillermo Kuitca, Charles Ray, Doris Salcedo, Thomas Schutte, and Rachel Whiteread. Together, they represent a wide swath of the globe, from Europe and the Americas to Africa and the Middle East. Although their artistic agendas vary widely, they share a sense of being cultural barometers.

Distemper: Dissonant Themes in the Art of the 1990s

Olga M. Viso

Distributed Art Pub Inc

Artwork by Stephan Balkenhol. Text by Neal Benezra.

Stephen Balkenhol: Sculptures and Drawings

Smithsonian: Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden

One of the most consistently inventive artists of recent times, Los Angeles-based Ed Ruscha has been a pioneer in the use of language and imagery drawn from the popular media. From his early powerful word paintings to his influential artist books of the sixties and seventies to his recent colorful views of generic mountains, Ruscha has investigated the spaces between highways and journeys, images and words, abstraction and representation, public imagery and the contemporary landscape. In this publication, which accompanies a major retrospective exhibition organized by the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington, D.C. and the Museum of Modern Art, Oxford, Neal Benezra, Kerry Brougher, and Phyllis Rosenzweig focus on all aspects of Ruscha's career, revealing him not merely as an artist closely linked with Los Angeles, but as an important international figure in contemporary art.

Ed Ruscha

Kerry Brougher

Phyllis Rosenzweig

Scalo Verlag Ac

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