Agnes Martin: Paintings, Writings, Remembrances by Arne Glimcher

Agnes Martin: Paintings, Writings, Remembrances by Arne Glimcher
Arne Glimcher
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Hardback
h290 x 250mm - 364pg
23 Sep 2021 UK
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9781838663094
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Agnes Martin, Paitings, Writings, Remembrances by Arne Glimcher is a beautiful collection of the artist's most important art works, illuminated by her own notes and writings. Martin's writings are fascinatingly direct in explaining her philosophies on art and on the themes of life that inspire her paintings and drawings, and facsimilies presenting her words in her own handwriting intimately convey her thoughts. More than 130 of Martin's paintings present the full extent of her artistic career, and her own words explain how they were inspired by ideas on love, joy, beauty, humility, solitude, perfection, 'freedom from the cares of this world', destiny and the nature of existence. The artist's works and writings are here introduced by art dealer and film director, Arne Glimcher, who represented the artist for most of her career and was good friend. He opens the book with reminiscences of working with Martin and how her art developed during her life, and later in the book are notes on visits he made to Martin's studio and home in New Mexico.
[a] stunningly beautiful volume ... an affectionate biographical glimpse into Martin's life ... Tucked alongside reproductions of paintings are previously unpublished lecture scripts, samples of Martin's letters to Glimcher, and other notes ... These actual-size replicas [...] are written neatly in the artist's own script, and offer intimate glimpses into her thought process ... The photographs of Martin in her rustic surroundings are marvelous and strange, and the lurid colours unique to old Polaroids provide a bracing contrast the restraint found in her paintings. ... Martin's works, with their delicate grids, can become muted or muffled on the page, but in this book they sing out pure and strong. In his acknowledgements, the author gives thanks to Sue Medlicott, a print-production specialist who helped assure faithful images reproductions. I want to echo and amplify that gratitude: While this is a book that above all honors Martin's achievements, it is also wholly indebted to Medlicott's talen. Between Medlicott's skill at making subtle colors legible and Glimcher's ability to evoke the artist's personality, Agnes Martin is both spare and extravagant: an apt tribute.' BookForum, USA
Arne Glimcher is an influential art dealer, and the founder of The Pace Gallery, Boston. He has worked with some of the worlds greatest artists including Pablo Picasso, Ad Reinhardt, Alexander Calder, Jean Dubuffet, Robert Rauchenberg, and Agnes Martin. He has also produced and directed several films, including The Mambo Kings, and Gorillas in the Mist. Glimcher managed the exhibitions and sales of Martin's work through most of her career and became one of her closest friends.
Status: Indent title, imported to order
ISBN-13: 9781838663094
Published: 23 Sep 2021
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Phaidon Press
Publisher: Phaidon Press
Format: Hardback
Height: 290mm
Width: 250mm
Spine: 36mm
Pages: 364

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