{"product_id":"art-is-life-icons-and-iconoclasts-visionaries-and-vigilantes-and-flashes-of-hope-in-the-night-hardcover","title":"Art Is Life: Icons and Iconoclasts, Visionaries and Vigilantes, and Flashes of Hope in the Night - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJerry Saltz\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the Pulitzer Prize winner and bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eHow to Be an Artist\u003c\/i\u003e a deliciously readable survey of the art world in turbulent times\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJerry Saltz is one of our most-watched writers about art and artists, and a passionate champion of the importance of art in our shared cultural life. Since the 1990s he has been an indispensable cultural voice: witty and provocative, he has attracted contemporary readers to fine art as few critics have. An early champion of forgotten and overlooked women artists, he has also celebrated the pioneering work of African American, LGBTQ+, and other long-marginalized creators. Sotheby's Institute of Art has called him, simply, \"\u003ci\u003ethe\u003c\/i\u003e art critic.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNow, in \u003ci\u003eArt Is Life\u003c\/i\u003e, Jerry Saltz draws on two decades of work to offer a real-time survey of contemporary art as a barometer of our times. Chronicling a period punctuated by dramatic turning points--from the cultural reset of 9\/11 to the rolling social crises of today--Saltz traces how visionary artists have both documented and challenged the culture. \u003ci\u003eArt Is Life\u003c\/i\u003e offers Saltz's eye-opening appraisals of trailblazers like Kara Walker, David Wojnarowicz, Hilma af Klint, and Jasper Johns; provocateurs like Jeff Koons, Richard Prince, and Marina Abramovic; and visionaries like Jackson Pollock, Bill Traylor, and Willem de Kooning. Saltz celebrates landmarks like the Obama portraits by Kehinde Wiley and Amy Sherald, writes searchingly about disturbing moments such as the Ankara gallery assassination, and offers surprising takes on figures from Thomas Kinkade to Kim Kardashian. And he shares stories of his own haunted childhood, his time as a \"failed artist,\" and his epiphanies upon beholding work by Botticelli, Delacroix, and the cave painters of Niaux. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith his signature blend of candor and conviction, Jerry Saltz argues in \u003ci\u003eArt Is Life\u003c\/i\u003e for the importance of the fearless artist--reminding us that art is a kind of channeled voice of human experience, a necessary window onto our times. The result is an openhearted and irresistibly readable appraisal by one of our most important cultural observers.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJerry Saltz\u003c\/b\u003e is the senior art critic at \u003ci\u003eNew York\u003c\/i\u003e magazine and its entertainment site \u003ci\u003eVulture\u003c\/i\u003e, and the author of the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller \u003ci\u003eHow to Be an Artist\u003c\/i\u003e. In 2018 he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism. A frequent guest lecturer at major universities and museums, he has spoken at Harvard University, the Museum of Modern Art, the Guggenheim Museum, the Whitney Museum of American Art, and many other venues, and has taught at Columbia University, Yale University, the Rhode Island School of Design, the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and elsewhere.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.3 x 9.4 x 6.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 01, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51766167273760,"sku":"9780593086490","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/c430c7c6387e2452a980137c49470f41.webp?v=1780287072","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/art-is-life-icons-and-iconoclasts-visionaries-and-vigilantes-and-flashes-of-hope-in-the-night-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}