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Subject(s)

• Ryman, Robert 1930-2019—Criticism and interpretation [Browse]
• Monochrome painting—United States—20th century [Browse]
• Monochrome painting—United States—21st century [Browse]
• Painting, American—20th century [Browse]
• Painting, American—21st century [Browse]

Summary note

• The only comprehensive monograph on the artist whose abstract 'white' paintings have inspired generations. A much-revered figure in the art world, Robert Ryman has, over six decades, continuously and methodically experimented with the different possibilities inherent within a painting -- abolishing colour in order to focus on material, brushstroke, support, and scale. This, the only comprehensive monograph covering his career to date, places his famous square 'white' paintings with lesser-known but increasingly exhibited works, in order to show that he is not a reductionist, but in fact a restless experimenter.
• The only comprehensive monograph on the artist whose abstract 'white' paintings have inspired generations. A much-revered figure in the art world, Robert Ryman has, over six decades, continuously and methodically experimented with the different possibilities inherent within a painting - abolishing colour in order to focus on material, brushstroke, support, and scale. This, the only comprehensive monograph covering his career to date, places his famous square 'white' paintings with lesser-known but increasingly exhibited works, in order to show that he is not a reductionist, but in fact a restless experimenter.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references (pages 332-339) and index.

Contents

• Introduction: the seeing of painting
• A one-time thing
• Not exactly Expressionist
• Projecting a different experience
• Crazy paintings
• A picture of a line
• Getting the paint across
• The way it acts
• A question of what.

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ISBN

• 9780714849348 ((hardcover))
• 0714849340 ((hardcover))

OCLC

986954079

RCP

C - S

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