Michael Auping Reihenfolge der Bücher (Chronologisch)

The evolution and philosophy of color field painting, as revealed by four masters of the movement. Developed at the tail end of the abstract expressionist movement, color field painting is distinguished by pure, unmodulated areas of color, flat, two-dimensional space, and large, often irregularly shaped canvases. The genre is often associated with American painting, but was actually embraced by an international group of artists. Four of the most exciting of those practitioners are the focus of this penetrating study. Michael Auping sees the work of each of these artists as representing a different stage in the development of abstract painting in the 1950s and 1960s. He comments, "To my mind Rothko draws back the curtains, if you will, on the opening up of this space. Newman emphatically `declares' an almost totemic space, while Fontana literally slices through the picture's plane with a razor, and Klein, as he pronounced it, leaps into the void." Illustrated with color images of the artists' seminal works, Declaring Space shows how each painter made his own individual mark in a new realm of abstract art.

This book, the most comprehensive survey of Guston's art to date, is published on the occasion of a major international exhibition. It brings together for the first time the different bodies of the artist's work, exposing the connective threads between each of his developmental stages. In-depth essays by a noted group of critics and art historians explore Guston's early influences and the emergence of symbols that resurfaced and played prominent roles in his late work. They provide insight into Guston's philosophy regarding abstraction, his role within its development, and the social and art historical context from which his so-called "Klan" paintings emerged. In addition, one of Guston's own essays on art and innovation is reprinted.Also included are selections of drawings that act as both prelude and restatement at each stage of the artist's career; a number of works from Guston's Estate that have never been exhibited before and that shed new light on his development; an extensive illustrated chronology of the artist's life and career; and a comprehensive bibliography.

Arshile Gorky (1904-1948) gilt als eine zentrale Figur in der Entwicklung des abstrakten Expressionismus. Er kombinierte Kindheitserinnerungen aus Armenien mit surrealistischen und abstrakten Elementen, was zu einer neuen Vision der Malerei führte und die amerikanische Kunst in eine experimentelle Phase führte. Seine bedeutendsten Werke entstanden zwischen 1940 und 1947, einer Zeit, die als Durchbruch betrachtet wird. Diese Phase steht im Mittelpunkt dieses aufschlussreichen Bandes, der als das umfassendste Buch zu Gorkys Kunst gilt. Michael Auping bietet eine Einführung in Gorkys Leben und Werk sowie eine tiefgehende Analyse des bedeutenden Gemäldes „The Liver is the Cock's Comb“ von 1944, das entscheidend für seine stilistische Entwicklung war. Dore Ashton liefert einen klaren Überblick über Gorkys einzigartigen Platz in der Kunstgeschichte und seine Wertschätzung für moderne Innovatoren wie Miró und Kandinsky. Matthew Spender gibt biografische Einblicke in Gorkys frühe Jahre, während eine Auswahl persönlicher Briefe einen intimen Blick auf den Künstler und seine Errungenschaften bietet.