{"product_id":"the-writings-of-robert-motherwell-paperback","title":"The Writings of Robert Motherwell - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRobert Motherwell\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eDore Ashton\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eJoan Banach\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRobert Motherwell (1915-1991), one of the leading American Abstract Expressionist painters, was also a theorist and exponent of the movement. His writing articulated the intent of the New York school -Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning, Adolph Gottlieb, Franz Kline, Arshile Gorky, and others-during a period when their work was often reviled for its departure from traditional representation. As founder of the Documents of Modern Art series (later renamed the Documents of Twentieth-Century Art), Motherwell gave modern artists a voice at a time when very few people understood their theories or work. This authoritative new edition of the artist's writings about art includes public lectures, essays, and interviews. Impeccably edited, with an informative introductory essay and rigorous annotation, it is illustrated with black-and-white images that elucidate Motherwell's writings.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eRobert Motherwell was not just a great painter, he was a brilliant thinker. As the founding editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Documents of Twentieth-Century of Art\u003c\/i\u003e, he decisively shaped our understanding of modernism. This new and expanded selection of Motherwell's criticism provides an essential guide to the art of the high modern period, both American and European.--Pepe Karmel, author of \u003ci\u003ePicasso and the Invention of Cubism\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"In the past two decades Abstract Expressionism has become one of the most dynamic subjects in art history; sometimes the reading is so dense it is like swimming through peanut butter. But, cutting through to the essential questions that generated the movement, the writings of Robert Motherwell are a treasure. Written at the same time he was painting, Motherwell's texts make me feel like a witness to the philosophical curiosity that generated one of the most powerful art movements of the twentieth century.\"--Michael Auping, author of \u003ci\u003eAbstract Expressionism: The Critical Developments\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This book is essential reading for anyone thinking about the uneasy clash of modernism and postmodernism in postwar America; Motherwell's writing played a decisive role and this volume is an admirably full account of it.\"--Jonathan Fineberg, author of \u003ci\u003eWhen We Were Young: New Perspectives on the Art of the Child\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDore Ashton \u003c\/b\u003e(1928-2017) was Professor of Art History at the Cooper Union and author or editor of over 30 books on modern art and culture, including \u003ci\u003eNoguchi East and West, The New York School: A Cultural Reckoning, A Fable of Modern Art, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eA Critical Study of Philip Guston, \u003c\/i\u003eall from UC Press. \u003cb\u003eJoan Banach \u003c\/b\u003eworked with Robert Motherwell from 1981 to 1991. She is an artist who lives in New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 397\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.16 x 9.94 x 7.12 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 10, 2007\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51778140045600,"sku":"9780520250482","price":70.11,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/0f24a355e26e830e80708db22dcb76c1.webp?v=1780505215","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-writings-of-robert-motherwell-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}