Book Description
Drawings of Choice reflects the wide range of contemporary drawing -- from the casual sketch to the elaborate picture, presenting preparatory studies as well as accomplished, technically labored drawings. The book includes works by 46 artists from an extraordinary, privately held collection of contemporary American drawings from the 1960s to the present that emphasize the crucial role that drawings play in the development of the artistic process. Represented are works by prominent American artists, as well as younger, lesser-known artists. The collection is particularly strong in its group of minimal and conceptual art from the 1960s and 1970s, by artists such as Carl Andre, Dan Flavin, Sol LeWitt, Agnes Martin, Richard Serra, and Lawrence Weiner. The very personal character of this collection and especially its exceptionally high level of quality make it a perfect subject for the study and teaching of contemporary drawing and art in general.
Drawings of Choice from a New York Collection FROM THE PUBLISHER
Drawings of Choice reflects the wide range of contemporary drawing — from the casual sketch to the elaborate picture, presenting preparatory studies as well as accomplished, technically labored drawings. The book includes works by 46 artists from an extraordinary, privately held collection of contemporary American drawings from the 1960s to the present that emphasize the crucial role that drawings play in the development of the artistic process. Represented are works by prominent American artists, as well as younger, lesser-known artists. The collection is particularly strong in its group of minimal and conceptual art from the 1960s and 1970s, by artists such as Carl Andre, Dan Flavin, Sol LeWitt, Agnes Martin, Richard Serra, and Lawrence Weiner. The very personal character of this collection and especially its exceptionally high level of quality make it a perfect subject for the study and teaching of contemporary drawing and art in general.
SYNOPSIS
Though the collector is anonymous, this catalog of some 100 works shows him (he is referred to as such in the introduction) to be quite a connoisseur of post-war American drawings. The 40 or so artists represented include Richard Serra, Agnes Martin, Bruce Nauman, Brice Marden, Sol LeWitt, Ellsworth Kelly, Jasper Johns, Anne Chu, Trisha Brown, Dan Flavin, and Carole Seborovski. Each drawing is nicely reproduced and is accompanied by an elucidative description (generally around 300 to 500 words). All were featured in a September 2002 exhibition at the Krannert Art Museum at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Distributed by the University of Washington Press. Annotation c. Book News, Inc.,Portland, OR
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