Philip Guston: A Life Spent Painting
£48.60£57.00 (-15%)
Driven and consumed by art, Philip Guston painted and drew compulsively. This book takes the reader from his early social realist murals and easel paintings of the 1930s and 1940s, to the Abstract Expressionist works of the 1950s and early 1960s, and finally to the powerful new language of figurative painting, which he developed in the late 1960s and 1970s. Drawing on more than thirty years of his own research, the critic and curator, Robert Storr, maps Guston’s entire career in one definitive volume, providing a substantial, accessible and revealing analysis of his work.
With more than 850 images, the book illustrates Guston’s key works and includes many unpublished paintings and drawings. An extensive chronology, illustrated with photographs, letters, articles, publications and other ephemera drawn from the artist’s archives and other sources, contextualizes Guston’s life and provides in-depth coverage of his life at home, his work in the studio, his relationship with fellow artists and his many exhibitions.
Guston was able to speak about art with unrivalled passion and fluency. In celebration of this, the book features Guston’s own thoughts on his drawings and his great heroes of the Italian Renaissance.
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Additional information
| Publisher | Laurence King Publishing, 1st edition (14 Sept. 2020) |
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| Language | English |
| Hardcover | 360 pages |
| ISBN-10 | 1786274167 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1786274168 |
| Dimensions | 33.91 x 3.94 x 29.21 cm |
by Anne, East London
A present fir my husband who loves this artist. Very good images.
by kim s
I am giving it 5 stars although I have seen much of the content before as am an avid Phillip Guston top fan and have most of any book about him . After flicking through I was hoping for more of his later works that have not been seen before in books. Any new drawings anything will do. On a flick I can see three new pieces I have not seen before. Surely he has done more? I haven’t started reading the book yet and hope it is different to other books content that I have on him. Its not a book you can take to bed as its heavy and big but saying that it means you get a bigger picture. I am pleased with the book and love the front cover. I would love a poster to hang in my room of his stuff. Maybe though I can now cut up some of my other books I have on and put them on my wall. I was so looking forward to seeing his exhibition in London. Darn this virus.