Interviews with Artists: 1966-2012

by Michael Peppiatt

A renowned curator and respected insider of the international art scene since the mid-1960s, Michael Peppiatt has spent his professional life with many of the greatest artists of the 20th century. His close friendships and frequent studio visits with Dubuffet, Sonia Delaunay, Francis Bacon, Henry Moore, Balthus, Oldenburg, Brassaï, and Cartier-Bresson, among many others, have produced an incredible archive of interviews, from formal question-and-answer sessions to off-the-cuff conversations. These interviews combine to give a unique perspective on art from World War II to the present day. Peppiatt has selected forty-five of the most noteworthy and fascinating of his conversations with artists, from the world-famous to the under-recognized. The author approaches his subjects with a characteristic mix of passion, insight, and humor in a book that is consistently entertaining and informative, as the artists open up in unexpected ways about their work and their lives.

Genres: Art, Nonfiction

434 pages, Hardcover

First published August 28, 2012

Reviews

[Kevin Tole · Rating 1 out of 5]

Pretty damned dull really and about as insightful as staring vacuously into a tank with a preserved fish in it - in fact there's probably more insight in Hirst's oeuvre than there is in this and I have no great regard for the Brit/brat millionaire personification of High Art Lite.

Peppiatt is full of his own importance as a critic (which isn't very great really)and full of his own impotence as an artist. He makes the most interesting artists come -dead rather than come a-live. Right up there with Michael Craig-Martin.

Save yer money. Buy something by Robert Hughes. Even if its's not one of his books of art criticism at least you will have something decent to read other than this arse wipe of an expensive book.

Not even fit to wrap chips in.

[Tuck · Rating 3 out of 5]

reivew of sorts in the commnets