The Writings of Robert Motherwell (Documents of Twentieth-Century Art)
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From the Inside Flap "Robert Motherwell was not just a great painter, he was a brilliant thinker. As the founding editor of The Documents of Twentieth-Century of Art, 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 Picasso and the Invention of Cubism "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 Abstract Expressionism: The Critical Developments“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 When We Were Young: New Perspectives on the Art of the Child Read more About the Author Dore Ashton is Professor of Art History at the Cooper Union and author or editor of over 30 books on modern art and culture, including Noguchi East and West, The New York School: A Cultural Reckoning, A Fable of Modern Art, and A Critical Study of Philip Guston, all from UC Press. Joan Banach worked with Robert Motherwell from 1981 to 1991. She is an artist who lives in New York. Read more
Reviews
One of the AbEx's most articulate members. I found it interesting that at the beginning of his published writings and fresh from collegiate philosophy work he seemed to be a bit sophmoric - which I found endearing. I mean were't we all. The writing became more clear as he aged. As a fan of his work I also became a fan of the man.
