Bøger af Dore Ashton

The essential book on Mark Rothko for the modern art lover's library.

With the emergence of Abstract Expressionism after World War II, the attention of the international art world turned from Paris to New York. In this book, Dore Ashton captures the vitality of the cultural milieu in which the New York School artists worked and argued from the 1930s to the 1950s.

A longtime fixture in the New York art scene, Susan Weil has always maintained an adventurous attitude toward material and form even as she continued to paint self-assuredly in both abstract and representational modes. Her mixed media works address the plastic quality of time and space through processes of cutting, crumpling and refiguring her compositions. Weil has influenced many in the Abstract Expressionist movement ¿ especially her ex-husband, Robert Rauschenberg, with whom she collaborated on many projects, most notably the Blueprint paintings of 1950.

This book is an exhibition catalogue and a long-waited monograph on one of the most important contemporary artists working today. Barceló¿s artistic journey is explored through the themes that have marked his work over a period of more than twenty years, and these include: Ateliers, Portraits, Still life, Crucifixions, Bullfights and Sea Landscapes. His his subjects are first and foremost intentionally autobiographical - Barceló depicts himself as he paints, alluding to the role of the demiurge incarnated as artist ¿ or are inspired by daily life (still life, portraits, landscapes). Experimenting using different artistic techniques enables Barceló to represent and present the reality of the world, captured in its essentiality and truth, free from the superfluous and depicted showing the constant flux of life and death. The book is divided into two parts: 6 essays chapters that describe Miquel Barcelò chronology in terms of his stylistic and technical development, and the catalogue of about 60 works.

An anthology of Pablo Picasso's statements about art

As the Washington Post says, "Dore Ashton brings the reader to the very core of Mark Rothko's art." She draws on her countless interviews with the artist- giving little credence to the false mythology surrounding his work- to take us to the heart of Rothko's painting, showing its derivation from his reading, travel, and thought.