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Agnes Martin (Hardcover)
Agnes Martin; Edited by Frances Morris, Tiffany Bell; Text written by Briony Fer, Frances Morris, …
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Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama (b. 1929) is arguably Japan's most
famous living artist. Her originality, innovation and powerful
desire to communicate have propelled her through a career that has
spanned six decades. During this time, Kusama has explored
painting, sculpture, printmaking, photography, collage, film and
video, performance and installation, as well as product design.
From the late 1950s to the early 1970s Kusama lived in New York and
was at the forefront of many artistic innovations in the city.
Returning to Japan in her forties, she rebuilt her career, waiting
years for the international recognition she has recently achieved.
Now in her eightieth year, she continues to make art, extending the
range of her large-scale, dazzling installations and relentlessly
hand-painting extensive series of minutely detailed figurative
fantasy paintings. Kusama has exhibited widely around the world,
including representing Japan at the Venice Biennale, and her work
is in many major collections. Accompanying the first major
retrospective exhibition of the artist's work to be staged in the
UK, this lavishly illustrated book features an introductory essay
by Tate curator Frances Morris as well as four other substantial
essays by leading international critics. Topics covered include
Kusama's time in New York, her career after her return to Japan,
her installation works and an exploration of her art from a
psychoanalytical point of view.
Canadian-born Agnes Martin was one of the pre-eminent painters of
the second half of the twentieth century, whose work has had a
significant influence both on artists of her own time and for
subsequent generations. A contemporary of the abstract
expressionists though often identified with minimalism, Martin was
of the few woman artists who came to prominence in the
predominately masculine art world of the late 1950s and 1960s, and
became a particularly important role model for younger women
artists. This groundbreaking survey provides an overview of
Martin's career, from lesser-known early experimental works through
her striped and grided grey paintings and use of colour in various
formats, to a group of her final works that reintroduce bold forms.
A selection of drawings and watercolours is also included. With
essays by leading scholars that give a context for Martin's work -
her life, relationship with other artists, the influence of South-
Asian philosophy - alongside focused shorter pieces on particular
paintings, the book will appeal to art students, academics and all
those interested in abstract art. Presenting new research, and
beautifully designed, the book is also an opportunity to introduce
the life and work of Agnes Martin to those unfamiliar with her
oeuvre.
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