Betty Woodman
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| Rating | : | 4.94 (761 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1580931685 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 287 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-01-19 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Barry Schwabsky is a regular contributor to numerous American and European periodicals including Artforum, Art in America, Tema Celeste, Art Press, and American Craft. About the Author Janet Koplos is senior editor at Art in America and has been an art critic since 1976, writing for numerous national and international publications. . Arthur C. Danto has been the art critic for The Nation since 1984 and is Emeritus Johnsonian Professor of Philosophy at Columbia University
With essays by three leading art critics that consider her history, influences, and evolution as an artist, as well as the impact that she has had on the art world, this volume is the definitive work on Woodman's career.. It refers to the ancient and yet it is striking in its freshness; it is delicate and robust, decorative and functional, sculptural and painterly, familiar and surprising. Woodman's art is characterized by contradictions. Woodman has expanded the potential for working in ceramics by creating everything from simple and traditional vessels to large-scale ceramic and paint wall murals and installation pieces. Published in conjunction with a retrospective exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, this beautifully illustrated book shows how she became a pioneer in exploring the limits of her media and how she came to the dramatic use of shape and color for which she is renowned today. One of the world's leading ceramists, Betty Woodman bridges the gap between art and craft, and continues to expand the boundaries of her discipline
Arthur C. Barry Schwabsky is a regular contributor to numerous American and European periodicals including Artforum, Art in America, Tema Celeste, Art Press, and American Craft. . Danto has been the art critic for The Nation since 1984 and is Emeritus Johnsonian Professor of Philosophy at Columbia University. Janet Koplos is senior editor at Art in America and has be
Dorothy Franchi said Betty Woodman. One of the most wonderful art books in my collection, not only the extensive coverage on such an amazing woman ceramicist, the first woman ever with a solo 50-year retrospective in her field at the Met, her life between NY and Italy soundly influencing her exuberant 'joie de vivre' artwork with so many large colorful photos chronicling all, not to mention the beautiful padded