Julian Schnabel

by Julian Schnabel

A collection of more than three hundred definitive pieces, many previously unpublished, demonstrates the artist's range and is complemented by text drawn from interviews, essays, and notes that offer insight into his views about art and life. 20,000 first printing.

Genres: Art

368 pages, Hardcover

First published November 4, 2003

About the author

Julian Schnabel is an highly acclaimed Cannes, Golden Globe winning and Academy Award, BAFTA, César Award, Golden Palm and two-time Golden Lion nominated filmmaker and American artist. He has only directed three films which have been rapturously acclaimed, such as Before Night Falls, which became Javier Bardem's breakthrough Academy Award nominated role, and the four-time Academy Award nominated The Diving Bell and the Butterfly.

Reviews

[Isaac Lambert · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.5 stars. I didn’t know much at all about schnabel. (Got this rec from the David lynch estate book list)

Visceral, raw. Feels like there are some familiar images (is that a many with a stick hat?? Is that a giant kettle?) or maybe it’s just all in the imagination

Not sure I’ve ever seen him in galleries before. I especially liked the painting of blind girl surf club. Oh he’s a filmmaker too!! 🎨

[Simone Sana · Rating 5 out of 5]

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[Tommy Bat-Blog Brookshire · Rating 4 out of 5]

People who love ART & especially a lot of the stuff that came out in the 1980's will totally love this book!

OK, I would have given this book 5 stars ( because I love Schnabel's artwork so much ) but my only complaint is that there is hardly anything to read, ha! I mean, you can read this baby in about 10 minutes! But, as far as showing many many full-page high-quality reproductions of his paintings and artwork... NO complaints, this book delivers the ART!

The actual book is HUGE, THICK & Giant-Sized! It weighs a ton, ha!

I recently found this treasure at my local library. I remember when it came out & I wanted this book really really bad. The only problem was that it was extremely expensive. Now the thing is practically OOP (Out of Print) & has become "collectible". I checked eBay the other night & it's about twice the cost of what it used to be, arrrgghh! Oh well, maybe someday I'll find it at a Garage Sale or Used Book Store at a great price.

[Matt · Rating 2 out of 5]

The lack of writing in this book is what earned it three stars. Give me a break. If I'm paying 75$ for an art book I merely want average reproductions of paintings, most of which I have in other books, and no new essays or biographical writings. Sure there's that page in the beginning of the book but it's just a page and not all that helpful or enlightening.

Schnabs must know 100 writers. Couldn't he get one of them to toss an essay about his work into the book?