Robert Therrien
By: Lynn Zelevansky with contributions by Thomas Frick, Norman Bryson
Contributors: Frick, Thomas; Bryson, Norman, 1949-; Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Publisher: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Distributed by D.A.P./Distributed Art Publishers
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Los Angeles; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 112
ISBN-13: 9780875871868
Subjects: Expositions; Exhibitions; Los Angeles
Description: "The artwork of Robert Therrien makes reference to commonplace, even cliched motifs - a snowman, a cloud, a Dutch door, a bird in flight, a stack of plates. In the perfection of their proportions and the simplicity of their forms these works - sculptures, reliefs, and two-dimensional pieces - partake of a cool objectivity. Their narrative associations, however, give them the intimacy of personal history.

They possess a wholesome familiarity, yet their often huge size gives them an uncanny; disquieting quality.".

"In this volume, which accompanies the exhibition Robert Therrien and examines the artist's work of the past decade, curator Lynn Zelevansky explores the transformation of forms that has been the hallmark of Therrien's artistic process and situates his work within contemporary art practice. Essayist Thomas Frick discusses the work vis-a-vis the formalist tradition in art and examines the paradoxical nature of its abstract and figurative aspects.

In the volume's third and final essay, art historian Norman Bryson investigates the visceral effect of Therrien's sculpture on the viewer, relating its effects to the corporeal invasions and restitutions found in animated cartoons."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Exhibition itenerary, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Feb. 20-May 7, 2000 and others.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 102-105) and index.