Ellsworth Kelly: The Chatham Series
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| Rating | : | 4.59 (548 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0870708732 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 48 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-01-01 |
| Language | : | English |
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Five Stars Andres Bonino nice book. cool Don Bronson it was thought provoking, made me rethink my approach to art. I would like to see his work up close.. Sophie Wills said nice book but arrived with bent corners. book arrived with damage
He studied at Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, from 1941 to 1943 and later attended the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, from 1946 to 1948. . His pioneering abstract work has influenced several generations of artists and movements, from Color Field and Minimalism to contemporary painting and sculpture. Ellsworth Kelly (born in Newburg, New York,
In celebration of Ellsworth Kelly’s ninetieth birthday in May 2013, The Museum of Modern Art will present the first exhibition in 40 years of all fourteen paintings that comprise the Chatham series of works the artist produced after leaving New York City for Spencetown, in upstate New York, in 1970. An essay by Ann Temkin traces the artist’s explorations of shape, color and spatiality from the early 1950 to today.. The series has not been exhibited in its entirety since it was presented at the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, in 1972. The 14 large-scale paintings he produced there all rely on a single formal concepteach is made of two joined canvases of pure monochrome coloryet the works vary in color and proportion from one to the next. The Chatham Series, published in conjunction with the exhibition, is a richly illustrated exploration of this key moment in Kelly’s career
About the Author Ellsworth Kelly (born in Newburg, New York, 1923; died in Spencertown, New York, 2015) was an American artist best known for his painting, sculpture, drawing, and printmaking. . He studied at Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, from 1941 to 1943 and later attended the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, from 1946 to 1948. His pioneering abstract work has influenced several generations of artists and movements, from Color Field and Minimalism to contemporary painting and sculpture