Let's See: Writings on Art from the New YorkerDistinguished critic at The New Yorker since 1998, Peter Schjeldahl has been described as America's most influential writer on art. Blessed with an unerring eye, he tackles a myriad of subjects with wit, poetry, and perspicacity, examining and questioning the art before him while reveling in the power and beauty of language. His writing springs from a desire to be understood by all readers, and a determination to help them engage with art of every kind. Covering subjects drawn from a broad canvas of the history of art--from ancient Greece, Mexico, and Byzantium, through Raphael, Rubens, and Rembrandt, to Bruce Nauman, Jean-Michel Basquiat, and John Currin--the writings collected here seek out with precision and economy the essence of the individual artist or work under discussion, but they never lose sight of the bigger picture: What is beauty? What does it mean to be an American artist? What can the art we produce and admire tell us about ourselves? With an imaginative introduction--twenty questions, each one posed to Schjeldahl by a different artist or writer--this collection will appeal to anyone who considers the experience of art, and of writing on art, an invitation to a voyage. Coverage includes: - large-scale exhibitions at leading institutions around the world - shows at private galleries - profiles of prominent members of the art world - personal accounts of time spent with artists - the influences of museum spaces on our experience of art |
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... canvas , its utter redness ballooned , the nearest zips bowed outward in my peripheral vision , and something like the rush of a dentist's laughing gas suffused my brain . In that moment , any interpretation would have seemed reasonable ...
... canvas , its utter redness ballooned , the nearest zips bowed outward in my peripheral vision , and something like the rush of a dentist's laughing gas suffused my brain . In that moment , any interpretation would have seemed reasonable ...
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... canvas fabrics - printed tablecloths , for instance — with a witches ' brew of non - paint chemicals . He used a graffiti - like method of overlaid line drawing , taken from Francis Picabia - modern art's No. 1 bad boy , whose lately ...
... canvas fabrics - printed tablecloths , for instance — with a witches ' brew of non - paint chemicals . He used a graffiti - like method of overlaid line drawing , taken from Francis Picabia - modern art's No. 1 bad boy , whose lately ...
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... canvas or sheet of paper , and it usually stops or blurs just short of the edge , such that , in the eye , it jiggles loose and hovers . The works ' perfection registers poet- ically , by an easy Platonic leap from their candid physical ...
... canvas or sheet of paper , and it usually stops or blurs just short of the edge , such that , in the eye , it jiggles loose and hovers . The works ' perfection registers poet- ically , by an easy Platonic leap from their candid physical ...
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