Revelation
Subtitle: major paintings by Jules Olitski
By: organized by Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, Missouri ; curated and with essays by E.A. Carmean Jr., Alison de Lima Greene, and Karen Wilkin ; with a foreword by Lauren Olitski Poster ; and a selection of writings by Jules Olitski
Contributors: Carmean, E. A.; Greene, Alison de Lima; Wilkin, Karen, 1940-; Poster, Lauren; Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art & Design
Publisher: Kemper Museum of Contemporary
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Kansas City, MO
Language: eng
Number of pages: 146
ISBN-13: 9781891246227
Subjects: Exhibitions; American Painting
Description: "Revelation describes the viewer's experience of seeing more than thirty major paintings by Jules Olitski together all at once--a new and illuminating look at nearly fifty years of the Russian-born artist's productivity." --Preface.
Notes: Published on the occasion of an exhibition held at Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art from May 20 to August 28, 2011; at The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, from February 12 to May 8, 2012; at The Toledo Museum of Art from May 31 to August 26, 2012; and at American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center, Washington, D.C., from September 15 to December 16, 2012.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Excerpt from The courage of conviction / Jules Olitski; title: Plates: stain paintings; title: Jules Olitski: color into light / Alison de Lima Greene; title: Excerpt from How my art gets made / Jules Olitski; title: Plates: spray paintings; title: Jules Olitski: making things right / E.A. Carmean Jr.; title: My first New York show / Jules Olitski; title: Plates: Baroque paintings; title: Plates: High Baroque paintings; title: Strange, new, wonderful / Karen Wilkin; title: Plates: late paintings; title: Biography of Jules Olitski.