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Title: Richard Diebenkorn by Gerald Nordland, Richard Diebenkorn ISBN: 0-8478-2348-2 Publisher: Rizzoli Pub. Date: 07 April, 2001 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $75.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (2 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Skim the text, look at the reproductions
Comment: There's a lot of unnecessary verbiage in this volume. Much of the text is devoted to paragraphs describing Diebenkorn's paintings, along the lines of "Patches of strong, clear colors are linked in the lower half of the canvas" or "The off-centered vase of poppies leans slightly to the right". All of this is unnecessary-I can see all of this for myself in the reproductions in the book, as can any reader-the author is not calling attention to small but telling details which might be overlooked and making an insightful analysis about them, but is rather stating the obvious. In fact there is almost a complete absence of in-depth analysis or criticism.
Like many artists, Diebenkorn's life was largely uneventful, consisting rather of the steady routine of the daily journey to the studio, the patient (or sometimes impatient) hours of work, the occasional studio visits by fellow artists (in this case fellow Bay Area figurative painters David Park and Elmer Bischoff) and the return home until the pattern is repeated the next day. The most significant episodes in Diebenkorn's biography consisted of geographical relocations-from his native Bay area to New Mexico and Illinois, a brief sojourn in New York, and his return to California. Each environment had a significant impact on Diebenkorn's painting style. There's a lack of in-depth analysis but again, much padding to little effect. While third-party sources are quoted, I was left wanting more information about what those studio conversations entailed. I wanted a more in-depth analysis of the effects of environment on painting style. Discussion of figurative painting in the context of Abstract Expressionism is a missed opportunity. What this monograph requires is fewer generalities, more succinct editing, and more analysis.
So skim the text, and skip the painting descriptions, in order to get an outline of Diebenkorn's life and the general progress of his painting, and then sit back and enjoy the large, well-done reproductions of his work. Diebenkorn's opus can be divided into three periods and all are well documented. The paintings, after all, are what matters.
Rating: 4
Summary: Impresssive accounting of the artist and his work.
Comment: A thorough accounting of the artist and his life. Lovely collection in full color plates of the different phases of his works. Although the represented works are not a complete collection they are well worth the price of the book.
Anyone reading this book will walk away with a good understanding and visual memory of what the artist gave the art world.
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Title: The Art of Richard Diebenkorn by Jane Livingston, John Elderfield, Ruth Fine, Richard Diebenkorn, Whitney Museum of American Art ISBN: 0520212584 Publisher: University of California Press Pub. Date: November, 1997 List Price(USD): $39.95 |
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Title: Color in Contemporary Painting by Charles Leclair, Charles Le Clair ISBN: 0823007413 Publisher: Watson-Guptill Pubns Pub. Date: April, 1997 List Price(USD): $27.50 |
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Title: Gerhard Richter: Forty Years of Painting by Robert Storr, Gerhard Richter ISBN: 189102437X Publisher: Museum of Modern Art, New York Pub. Date: 15 February, 2002 List Price(USD): $75.00 |
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Title: Bay Area Figurative Art: 1950-1965 by Caroline A. Jones ISBN: 0520068424 Publisher: University of California Press Pub. Date: February, 1990 List Price(USD): $45.00 |
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Title: Clyfford Still by David Anfam, Neal Benezra, Brooks Adams, demetrion ISBN: 0300089694 Publisher: Yale Univ Pr Pub. Date: 01 June, 2001 List Price(USD): $55.00 |
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