Agnes Martin and me
By: Donald Woodman
Publisher: Lyon Artbooks
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Brooklyn, New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 155
ISBN-13: 9780996784306
Copyright date: 2015
Subjects: Homes and haunts; Painters; Biography; Photographers
Description: One of the outstanding artists of the 20th century, Agnes Martin created ethereal abstractions while living almost as a hermit in New Mexico and issuing Zen-like pronouncements about her art. Photographer Donald Woodman, who shared her property (which he owned) and her life for seven rollercoaster years, takes us behind that legend in this affectionate and respectful, unvarnished and candid account to reveal an exasperating, troubled, earthy, but brave and determined painter. At the heart of the memoir is a surreal journey with Martin down Canada's Mackenzie River, toward the Arctic, which her 'voices' instructed her to undertake. Illustrated by Woodman's photographs, this book adds a crucial dimension to the Martin story and is destined to become a small classic of art biography.