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Peter Voulkos: The Breakthrough Years' is the first monograph in over 20 years on the artist Peter Voulkos. Covering the most prolific span of Voulkos career, from the early 1950s to the 1970s, this book includes both his well-known ceramic works as well as his largely overlooked paintings. Whi...
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Black Dog Publishing Limited,
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| Publisher Address: | London : |
| Publication Dates: |
2017. ©2016 |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: |
Peter Voulkos: The Breakthrough Years' is the first monograph in over 20 years on the artist Peter Voulkos. Covering the most prolific span of Voulkos career, from the early 1950s to the 1970s, this book includes both his well-known ceramic works as well as his largely overlooked paintings. While Voulkos work has most often been discussed in relation to the practice of ceramics, the writers in this book explore the artist s work through the scope of art history and in a contemporary light. In addition to engaging with the breakthrough years of Voulkos practice, a focus is also put on his leg |
| Item Description: | Published in conjuction with the exhibition of the same name at the Museum of Arts and Design, New York, New York, from October 18, 2016 to March 15, 2017 and the Renwick Gallery in Washington, DC from April 7 to August 20, 2017. |
| Carrier Form: | 207 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 28 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 192-201) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781910433898 (paperback) : 1910433896 (paperback) 9781890385361 (Museum of Arts and Design) 1890385360 (Museum of Arts and Design) |
| Index Number: | NB237 |
| CLC: | J331(712)-28 |
| Call Number: | J331(712)-28/V973 |
| Contents: | Introduction / Glenn Adamson -- List of lenders -- Gender and rupture / Jenni Sorkin -- 1957 juror's statement / Peter Voulkos -- Out of clay / Andrew Perchuk -- Remembering Voulkos / Jim Melchert, Ruby Neri -- Back to black / Glenn Adamson -- Remembering Voulkos / Mary Heilmann and Arlene Shechet -- "Dump and death" / Elissa Auther -- Thrown and painted: The exhibition plates / Barbara Paris Gifford. |