Lives of the Artists Portraits of Ten Artists Whose Work and Lifestyles Embody the Future of Contemporary Art

Name: Lives of the Artists Portraits of Ten Artists Whose Work and Lifestyles Embody the Future of Contemporary Art
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ISBN: 9780805091441

ISBN-10: 0805091440

ISBN-13: 9780805091441

Edition: 2008

Authors: Calvin Tomkins

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?Brilliantly illuminating . . . This latter-day Vasari puts his dry wit and keen eye to work in fashioning enduring portraits of ten contemporary-art stars, tracing the fruits of creative genius back to their strange roots.??VogueFor more than four decades Calvin Tomkins?s incisive profiles inThe New Yorkerhave given readers the most satisfying reports on contemporary art and artists available in any language. InLives of the Artiststen major artists are captured in Tomkins?s cool and ironic style to record the new directions art is taking during these days of limitless freedom. With the decline of formal technique and rigorous training, art has become, among other things, an approach to…

Book details

List price: $27.00
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Henry Holt & Company
Publication date: 1/5/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 272
Size: 5.30" wide x 7.97" long x 0.74" tall
Weight: 0.462
Language: English