Clement Greenberg (1909-1994), champion of abstract
expressionism and modernism--of Pollock, Miro, and Matisse--has
been esteemed by many as the greatest art critic of the second half
of the twentieth century, and possibly the greatest art critic of
all time. This volume, a lively reassessment of Greenberg's
writings, features three approaches to the man and his work:
Greenberg as critic, doctrinaire, and theorist. The book also
features a transcription of a public debate with Greenberg that de
Duve organized at the University of Ottawa in 1988. "Clement
Greenberg Between the Lines" will be an indispensable resource for
students, scholars, and enthusiasts of modern art.
"In this compelling study, Thierry de Duve reads Greenberg
against the grain of the famous critic's critics--and sometimes
against the grain of the critic himself. By reinterpreting
Greenberg's interpretations of Pollock, Duchamp, and other
canonical figures, de Duve establishes new theoretical coordinates
by which to understand the uneasy complexities and importance of
Greenberg's practice." John O'Brian, editor of "Clement Greenberg:
The Collected Essays and Criticisms"
"De Duve is an expert on theoretical aesthetics and thus well
suited to reassess the formalist tenets of the late American art
critic's theory on art and culture. . . . De Duve's close readings
of Greenberg . . . contain much of interest, and the author clearly
enjoys matching wits with 'the world's best known art critic.'"
"Library Journal"""
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