The existential/activist painter : the example of Leon Golub / Donald Kuspit.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, 1986.Description: xv, 188 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 0813511240 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 759.13 19
LOC classification:
  • ND 237.G6113 K88 1986
Contents:
List of works -- Preface -- Introduction -- One. The classical/contemporary dialectic of identity -- Two. Measuring the immeasurable past examples of primitive dream work -- Three. Becoming an artist: the existential/narcissistic paintings -- Four. Masculine and military psychology: the social activist paintings -- Notes -- Works -- Chronology -- Solo Exhibitions -- Selected Group Exhibitions -- Selected bibliography -- Index.
Summary: "For the past thirty-five years, the painter Leon Golub has been producing images that run counter to the 'mainstream' of the American avant-garde. Only recently has the importance of this body of work been appreciated on its own terms and as commentary on the direction of mid-century art. To appreciate Golub's work requires a radically new perspective on the contemporary artist's vision. In that respect, Donald Kuspit's essay is more than just an assessment of one artist. It serves as a challenge to the modernist perspective as well." -- From the back cover.
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BOOKS BOOKS Niebyl-Proctor Marxist Library General Stacks ND 237.G6113 K88 1986 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Not For Loan NPML19090013

Includes Leon Golub's list of works, chronology, solo exhibitions, and selected group exhibitions.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [179]-184) and index.

List of works -- Preface -- Introduction -- One. The classical/contemporary dialectic of identity -- Two. Measuring the immeasurable past examples of primitive dream work -- Three. Becoming an artist: the existential/narcissistic paintings -- Four. Masculine and military psychology: the social activist paintings -- Notes -- Works -- Chronology -- Solo Exhibitions -- Selected Group Exhibitions -- Selected bibliography -- Index.

"For the past thirty-five years, the painter Leon Golub has been producing images that run counter to the 'mainstream' of the American avant-garde. Only recently has the importance of this body of work been appreciated on its own terms and as commentary on the direction of mid-century art. To appreciate Golub's work requires a radically new perspective on the contemporary artist's vision. In that respect, Donald Kuspit's essay is more than just an assessment of one artist. It serves as a challenge to the modernist perspective as well." -- From the back cover.

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