Pat Steir
Subtitle: Paintings
By: texts by Doris von Drathen, Pat Steir ; concept, Pat Steir ; editing, Charles Gute
Contributors: Doris von Drathen (Editor)
Publisher: Charta
Published: October 1, 2007
Place of publication: Milano, Italy
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 232
ISBN-13: 9788881586486
Copyright date: 2007
Subjects: Exhibition catalogues and specific collections; History of art & design styles: from c 1900 -; Individual artists; Painting & paintings; Individual Artist; Art / Individual Artist; Art; Art & Art Instruction
Description: "The pictorial universe of Pat Steir is usually divided into different styles, epochs and categories. In this monograph, for the first time, art historian Doris von Drathen traces a logical line of thought that runs through the whole oeuvre, from the artist's earliest works to her most recent; although richly diverse, the paintings are all linked by an underlying investigation into the illusion of reality and its perception - a philosophical inquiry that perpetually asks: What do you see, and what do you think you see? Every painting is an exploration that questions the nature of what it is: a painting. In this way, over the past 40 years, Pat Steir has built up an essential body of work with a far-reaching contemporary influence - one that might best be described as "a school for seeing.""--BOOK JACKET.
Table of contents: title: Within the interspace between reality and reality / Doris von Drathen; title: Studio conversations : Pat Steir and Doris von Drathen : What do I see, what can I see?; title: Works; title: List of works; title: Appendix. Biography; title: Solo exhibitions; title: Group exhibitions; title: Selected public collections; title: Awards; title: Lectures; title: Bibliography