Philip Taaffe

The first illustrated monograph to survey the work to date of major American painter Philip Taaffe (b.1955), whose work has expanded the parameters of painting through a fascinating layering of different techniques and imagery, including marbling, silkscreen, collage and linocut.

List of contents

Foreword, Barry Schwabsky; Introduction; The Rise of Conceptual Art, 1972–1977; 2 Early Works, 1977–1985; 3 In Naples, Across from Vesuvius, 1986–1991; 4 An Alternative Worldview, 1990s; 5 A New Century, 2000 to the Present; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Biography; Selected Solo Exhibitions; Selected Group Exhibitions; Selected Public Collections; Acknowledgments; Image Credits; Index

About the author

John Yau is an award-winning poet, art critic and curator who has published many books of poetry, fiction and art criticism. He is the author of a volume on American painter Thomas Nozkowski for the Lund Humphries Contemporary Painters Series.

Summary

The first illustrated monograph to survey the work to date of major American painter Philip Taaffe (b.1955), whose work has expanded the parameters of painting through a fascinating layering of different techniques and imagery, including marbling, silkscreen, collage and linocut.

Additional text

'Philip Taaffe's paintings spring from the twin root of art history and the natural world. Through a wide range of work, and a self-critical practice, he has pushed abstraction into new realms, holding icons and calligraphy in the same regard as plants, snakes and shells. His work is both expansive and necessary.'

Product details

• Authors: John Yau, Yau John
• Publisher: Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.04.2018
• EAN: 9781848222632
• ISBN: 978-1-84822-263-2
• No. of pages: 144
• Series: Contemporary Painters; Contemporary Painters Series; Contemporary Painters Series; Contemporary Painters
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history; ART / History / Contemporary (1945-), ART / American / General, History of Art, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Art & design styles: from c 1960, Individual artists, art monographs, art;contemporary artists;painting;American artists