Painting /anglais

Whitechapel: Documents of Contemporary Art

by Terry R. Myers (Editor)

This is a collection of critical and artists' writings defining the meanings of painting since its post-conceptual revival in the early 1980s.

Genres: Art, Nonfiction, Theory, Art History

239 pages, Paperback

First published January 31, 2011

Reviews

[Amalie]

If one does not have the words to describe a problem how can one get help solving it? that is why I read about painting to enlarge my thinking.
So far -first essay- its mostly been comments from a fashion editor, which is not that exciting. That and proving that painting is in fact not dead. Which is a rather contrite conversation, im with Milan Kundera on this one, nothing dies with fanfare, when/if painting goes it will be quietly, and I dare to say if it goes it might be because we have found better ways of expressing ourselves.
The Deleuze part is really lovely, makes me want to read the whole book on Francis Bacon.

[Charlotte Booth · Rating 2 out of 5]

I am struggling with this book. It is on my reading list for my Fine Art degree so I have been trying to slog through it.

However, the writing style of the authors of the essays in the first 50 pages is so turgid and waffling that I have given up.

[Desollado · Rating 5 out of 5]

it is interesting because it shows the evolution from conceptualism back to painting .

[Barry]

A terrific anthology that includes my 1989 essay on the work of Marilyn Minter.

[Hooper · Rating 2 out of 5]

Don't waste your time on this collection of dubious quality that lacks depth and context.

[Theresa Anderson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Nice chronological compilation of writing about painting.

[Mills College Library]

759.06 P1486 2011