Sight & Insight; the Art of Burton Silverman
"Prolifically illustrated, the book documents why  Silverman' art is a kind of radical realism, as noted art  historian Robert L. McGrath suggests in one of the essays.  The  pictures, accompanied by the artist's commentary, reveal how  Silverman has moved beyond "self-reflexive formalism ... to  investigate the nature of art as it applies to social concerns,"  as McGrath writes.  The other essay focuses in the artist's  depictions of women, describing how they represent more  contemporary and meaningful depictions of the nude.  Along with  the artist's memoirs, the essays enhance what the readers can  easily surmise from the pictures themselves: Silverman's body of  work is a profound statement on the human condition.  This  exceptional volume is worthy of its subject."  --American Artist, April 1999"Silverman's work is fiercely and resolutely  representational, holding to a traditional background and  aesthetic that flies in the face of the adherents and champions  of modernism. Intensely personal, always masterful, Silvermans  work is included in such collections as the Brooklyn Museum, the  Philadelphia museum of Art the National Museum of American Art  and the National Portrait Gallery."  --Art Times, March 1999"The book is a retropsective of Burt's last 25 years of work and clearly shows the importance of this man to art history. The book with its 88 color plates is a feast for the art-loving eye. I found it to be one of the few art books that I can truly say I read from cover to cover. Like the man himself, it's articulate, well thought out  and important in the context of how great representational artists fit in this 'modern  art' century".  --Art Talk ,April May 1999..his humanity and power of delineation is a lift to the spirit and an assurance that American art lives. --Communication Arts. July 2000Robert McGrath' essay.. is thought provoking. Anyone who enjoys realist painting will find this lovely volume eminently worth the cost. --Bloomsbury Review , May 2000