The world new made
Subtitle: figurative painting in the twentieth century
By: Timothy Hyman
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780500239452
Subjects: Modern Painting; Figurative painting
Description: Timothy Hyman argues that figuration never went away; abstraction was just one of the ways by which artists renewed pictorial language. This book is structured not as a general survey, but as an in-depth exploration of over 130 specific paintings, and accompanying artists' writings. Focusing on those painters who took a contrary path, he presents a case for these artists as a resistance of sorts. Starting with the oppressive stylistic imperative that set in as Cubism became a movement, he guides us through the Neue Sachlichkeit response to Expressionism, Intimism, 'outsiders' and the aftermath of Abstract Expressionism, towards a new kind of history painting. He shows how abstraction becomes a midwife to a new kind of figuration. A celebration of the richness of human-centred painting over the last century, Timothy Hyman's lavishly illustrated new book brings these often-marginalized artists centre stage. Together they offer a counter-argument to Western formalism, and a foundation for the figurative painters of the 21st century.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 244-247) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : Painting And Experience In The Twentieth Century; title: 1.  After Cubism : Reinventing the Language of Representation; title: 2. After Expressionism : 'The New Thingness'; title: 3. First-Person Painting; title: 4. Beyond the Formalist Canon : Visionaries, Dreamers, Outsiders; title: 5. After Abstract Expressionism : Towards a New History Painting; title: Epilogue : Continuous Narratives.