David Anfam
Auteur de Abstract Expressionism
A propos de l'auteur
Crédit image: Portrait of David Anfam. Pencil on paper by Phong Bui.
Œuvres de David Anfam
Abstract expressionism and other modern works : the Muriel Kallis Steinberg Newman collection in the Metropolitan… (2007) 11 exemplaires
Jack Tworkov against extremes : five decades of painting ; October 13 - August 27, 2009 (2010) 4 exemplaires
Kienholz: Berlin/Hope 2 exemplaires
David Smith: Voltri XVII 1962: Property of the Georges and Lois De Menil Charitable Remainder Trust (2006) 2 exemplaires
Conrad Marca-Relli: the architecture of action: [10 October-24 November 2012 in collaboration with Archivio… 1 exemplaire
Wayne Thiebaud 1 exemplaire
Techniques of the great masters of art 1 exemplaire
Dialogue 1 exemplaire
Oeuvres associées
American Art in the 20th Century: Painting and Sculpture 1913-1993 (Art & Design) (1993) — Contributeur — 53 exemplaires
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Date de naissance
- 1955-05-12
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- UK
- Études
- Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London (PhD|Art History|1984)
- Professions
- art historian
university professor
museum curator - Relations
- Bearman, Frederick A. (partner)
- Organisations
- Clyfford Still Museum, Denver, Colorado, USA
University College London
Membres
Critiques
Prix et récompenses
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 41
- Aussi par
- 3
- Membres
- 584
- Popularité
- #42,938
- Évaluation
- 4.3
- Critiques
- 1
- ISBN
- 46
- Langues
- 4
The great disappointment is the pictures. Only 28 of 169 illustrations are in color, and frankly, some of the reproductions are so poor that they were better left out. Economics is an important factor here, of course. Ideally, every piece referred to in the text would be illustrated in color. They are handled well in the text: when an illustration is referred to, it's number (rather than page number) is listed in the margin next to the text.
In the end, the author failed to convince me that most of the pieces have any meaning. He quotes David Smith as saying "a work of art of an object s always completed by the viewer," and I don't connect to most of these pieces. Some I find quite visually pleasing: Pollock's Tondo and Eyes in the Heat; Lee Krasner's Noon; Clifford Still's 1948-D, but they don't convey any meaning to me. I was most charmed by some of David Smith's sculptures like The Letter and Oculus, but War Spectre is the only work in the entire book that conveyed meaning and feeling to me, especially since it appears that the artists were not generally trying to convey amusement. Widow's Lament, in Anfam's description "reads as a droll creature with ears and feet," which seems at odds with its intended meaning.
I remain a devotee of Tom Wolfe's The Painted Word.… (plus d'informations)