Agnes Martin
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| Rating | : | 4.95 (897 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 193892276X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 272 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-02-27 |
| Language | : | English |
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(The New Yorker)Martin’s art has a lift that makes other art, even closely related, feel earthbound. (Ben Luke Evening Standard)Martin’s cool geometric abstractions are butterfly nets for emotions. (Christopher Knight Los Angeles Times)Linear abstract paintings that are balanced and personal, precise and hand-touched. Many are so subtle as to be barely photographable, yet they look gorgeous in the catalog (edited by Frances Morris and Tiffany Bell) for her recent Tate Modern show, "Agnes Martin," which travels to the Guggenheim Museum in October 2016. (Robert C. Morgan Hyperallergic)A deep, and deepening, sense of the artist’s singular powers…a sort of secular pilgrimage, on which you may feel your perceptual ability to register minute differences in tone and texture steadily refined, and your heart ambushed by rushes of emotion. Once you
"A fine tribute to an elusive and mystical abstract expressionist artist." according to Prudence M. Thorner. Ravishingly beautiful catalog of the works of this elusive painter and graphic artist. Capturing her almost mystical drawings and paintings was not an easy task, but the authors have succeeded brilliantly. I'm looking forward to seeing a retrospective of her works later this year.. The essays are literate and informative, although a bit ahigherauthority The essays are literate and informative, although a bit repetitive. The plates, largely, are way too small to investigate any aspect of the paintings and do not convey the subtle genius of Martin. I bought this fully at half price and feel I generously overpaid.. Great value. C. G. Vickery I already have Agnes Martin- Paintings, Writings, Remembrances - and this book, which coincides with the Agnes Martin retrospective, is a wonderful companion volume with thoughtful essays and a great selection of Martin's works. Very reasonably priced too.
Frances Morris places Martin's work in the art historical context of the time; art historian Richard Tobin analyzes Martin’s painting "The Islands"; conservator Rachel Barker offers the reader a close viewing of "Morning"; curator Lena Fritsch provides a visual biography by comparing photographic portraits of Martin from different periods; and art historian Jacquelynn Baas delves into the spiritual and philosophical beliefs so present in Martin's art, including Platonism, Christian mysticism, Zen Buddhism and Taoism.Agnes Martin was born in Maklin, Saskatchewan, Canada, in 1912, and moved to the US in 1932, studying at universities in Oregon, California, New Mexico and New York. Her first one-woman exhibition was held at the Betty Parsons Gallery, New Yor