About Modern Art
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This dazzling volume comprises 69 essays by the eminent curator and critic David Sylvester, including important pieces on Picasso, Matisse, Bonnard, Mondrian, Johns, de Kooning, Warhol and Gilbert & George. His sustained investigations into the artists and their practice gives us piercing insights into the works and the artists themselves. This is not dry, remote, academic criticism- it has an immediacy and passion which leave one with an inspiring sense of the relevance and importance of art to life.
Author: D Sylvester
Format: Paperback, 480 pages
Published: 1997, Vintage Publishing, United Kingdom
Genre: Fine Arts / Art History
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This dazzling volume comprises 69 essays by the eminent curator and critic David Sylvester, including important pieces on Picasso, Matisse, Bonnard, Mondrian, Johns, de Kooning, Warhol and Gilbert & George. His sustained investigations into the artists and their practice gives us piercing insights into the works and the artists themselves. This is not dry, remote, academic criticism- it has an immediacy and passion which leave one with an inspiring sense of the relevance and importance of art to life.
About Modern Art