Unrepentant ego
Subtitle: the self-portraits of Lucas Samaras
By: Marla Prather ; with an essay by Donald Kuspit.
Contributors: Kuspit, Donald B. 1935-; Whitney Museum of American Art.
Publisher: Whitney Museum of American Art; Distributed by Harry N. Abrams
Published: 2003
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 335
Subjects: Samaras, Lucas, -- 1936- -- Exhibitions; Self-portraits, American -- Exhibitions; Abstract expressionism -- Influence -- Exhibitions
Genres: Exhibitions.
Description: "Unrepentant Ego: The Self-Portraits of Lucas Samaras, which accompanies the Whitney Museum of American Art exhibition of the same title, follows the development of Samaras's self-portrait leitmotif, from the late 1950s to the present. With an extended chronology by Whitney curator Marla Prather that traces the influences and artistic trajectory of Samaras's life: an essay by Donald Kuspil that provides an in-depth analysis of Samaras's self-portraiture a full-color plate section; and an extensive bibliography and index, this volume is an essential guide to the life and work of an exceptionally challenging and complex artist."--BOOK JACKET
Notes: Published on the occasion of the exhibition Unrepentant ego: the self-portraits of Lucas Samaras, at the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, November 13, 2003-February 8, 2004.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Foreword / -- Adam D. Weinberg -- Introduction and acknowledgments / -- Marla Prather -- Chronology / -- Marla Prather; title: The aesthetics of trauma-- Donald Kuspit.