Agnes Martin: The Nineties And Beyond

by Agnes Martin, Edward Hirsch, Ned Rifkin

Agnes Martin has spent every morning for the past 40 years working in her New Mexico studio, producing square abstract paintings that consist of graphite horizontal lines across fields of white, gray, or pale colors. Though her work superficially belongs to the history of Minimalism, Martin considers her paintings the abstract expression of positive inner states of existence. Published on the occasion of her 90th birthday, this catalogue presents the iconic serenity and elegant geometry of her canvasses from the past decade, in a format complimentary to Martin's own immutable aesthetic.

128 pages, Hardcover

First published May 15, 2002

Reviews

[Cynthia Arrieu-King · Rating 3 out of 5]

Beautiful reproductions, not the greatest art text in the world. Someone told me you have to see an Agnes Martin painting to "get" it and this book kind of proves this to me.