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Kirk Varnedoe

Pictures Of Nothing: Abstract Art Since Pollock

Bollingen Foundation, 2006

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Año de publicación
2006
ISBN
9780691126784
Autor
Kirk Varnedoe
Editores
Bollingen Foundation

Descripción

Dettagli Libro<br><br>Sku: PZZLB8402<br>ISBN: 9780691126784<br>Titolo: Pictures Of Nothing: Abstract Art Since Pollock<br>Autore: Kirk Varnedoe<br>Editore: Bollingen Foundation<br>Anno: 2006<br>Pagine: 297<br>Formato: Rilegato<br><br>What is abstract art good for? What's the use--for us as individuals, or for any society--of pictures of nothing, of paintings and sculptures or prints or drawings that do not seem to show anything except themselves? In this invigorating account of abstract art since Jackson Pollock, eminent art historian Kirk Varnedoe, the former chief curator of painting and sculpture at the Museum of Modern Art, asks these and other questions as he frankly confronts the uncertainties we may have about the nonrepresentational art produced in the last five decades. He makes a compelling argument for its history and value, much as E. H. Gombrich tackled representation fifty years ago in Art and Illusion, another landmark A. W. Mellon Lectures volume. Realizing that these l

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