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American Artists On Art - From 1940 To 1980 (Paperback, 1st ed)
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American Artists On Art - From 1940 To 1980 (Paperback, 1st ed)
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From the Preface: The fact that so much of modern art has devoted
itself to the exploration and assertion of its own identity is
reflected in, but does not explain, the increasing amount of
writing and talking on the part of contemporary artists. Rather,
the whole history of the changing role of art and artists in a
democratic, industrial, and technological society stands behind the
spate of artists' words and the public's hunger for them--even some
of the general public out there beyond art's little circle.
Statements by artists appeal somewhat the way drawings do: they
bring us, or at least they hold the promise of bringing us, closer
to the artist's thoughts and feelings and to an understanding of
his or her modus operandi; they hold the keys to a mysterious
realm. And sometimes they offer us the sheer pleasure of good
reading. Such is the primary raison d'etre of this book.Its other
motivation is educational, and stems from the frustrating lack, in
teaching contemporary art, of any single compilation of statements
by American artists from 1940 to the present.... This anthology
differs in several respects from those others that do include
documents of American art since 1940.... The selection I have made
is devoted exclusively to statements of artists; it is limited to
the last four decades; it presents in a single volume a
representative and fairly comprehensive coverage of major
developments in American art beginning with Abstract Expressionism;
and, whenever possible, it cities the first, or among the very
earliest, documents signalizing a shift in the definition, intent,
or direction of art."
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