John McLaughlin paintings : total abstraction / edited by Stephanie Barron and Lauren Bergman ; with contributions by Stephanie Barron, Lauren Bergman, Tony Berlant, Michael Duncan, Russell Ferguson, and Ilene Susan Fort.

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English
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  • Munich ; London ; New York : DelMonico Books, Prestal ; Los Angeles : Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2016.
  • ©2016
Description
143 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm

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    "This long-overdue retrospective book on a pioneer of West Coast abstraction considers John McLaughlin's body of work and his unique influence on the Los Angeles postwar art scene. For decades before his death in 1976, John McLaughlin steadily produced some of the most fascinating paintings coming out of Southern California. Minimal geometric abstractions characterized by clean lines, bold colors, and flat, intersecting forms, McLaughlin's paintings investigate symmetry and composition, and are largely informed by the Japanese notion of ma-the special emptiness between forms. Generously illustrated with more than 80 images, the book features reproductions of the self-taught artist's works and celebrates their simple beauty and precision. In addition, insightful essays explore McLaughlin's relative obscurity in the pantheon of 20th-century American artists, his influence on contemporaries and later artists, and the role of Asian art and philosophy in McLaughlin's practice."-- Provided by publisher.
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    "Published in conjunction with the exhibition John McLaughlin Paintings: Total Abstraction at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California (November 13, 2016-April 16, 2017)"--Title page verso.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references and index.
    Contents
    • Foreword
    • Introduction / Stephanie Barron
    • John McLaughlin and four abstract classicists / Ilene Susan Fort
    • Honesty, seriousness, and ambition / Russell Ferguson
    • Driving home in neutral / Michael Duncan
    • Embracing the enigma / Tony Berlant with Lauren Bergman
    • Chronology
    • Exhibition history
    • Works in the exhibition
    • Lenders to the exhibition
    • Acknowledgments
    • Index.
    ISBN
    • 9783791355603 ((hardback))
    • 3791355600 ((hardback))
    LCCN
    2016024522
    OCLC
    946481661
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