Bibliograph

Out of time, Philip Guston and the refiguration of postwar American art, Robert Slifkin

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Out of time, Philip Guston and the refiguration of postwar American art, Robert Slifkin

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

resource.governmentPublication

government publication of a state province territory dependency etc

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Out of time

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

Robert Slifkin

Series statement

The Phillips book prize series, 5

Sub title

Philip Guston and the refiguration of postwar American art

Summary

"Focusing on the thirty-three paintings Philip Guston exhibited at the Marborough Gallery in 1970, this in-depth account reconsiders the history of postwar American art and the conception of figuration in modern art history. Through a myriad of cultural touchstones, including evidence from literary and musical vogues of the period, this book examines the role of history as both artistic medium and creative catalyst to Guston's practice as a painter. Employing a wealth of visual examples, archival materials, and original scholarship, Robert Slifkin situates Guston's paintings within broader artistic debates of the time, using the cultural movement of "the sixties" as its orienting foreground. Through this historical framework, he crafts an interface between the notions of time in art and time in the material world. Lively and edifying, this comprehensive text productively complicates the prescribed traditions of postwar art history and, in turn, shifts our perception of Guston and his place in the domain of modern art"--, Provided by publisher

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