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| Title | : | A Sweeper-Up After Artists: A Memoir |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.86 (655 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0500287678 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 382 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-06-04 |
| Language | : | English |
"Irving Sandler's story is a very good indication as to the perpetual BS that rules the" according to Holland195Irving Sandler's story is a very good indication as to the perpetual BS that rules the Magic. Quite heavy in some places but builds up an overview of many artists' lives - especially the private side and anecdotes to go with it. Irving Sandler's story is a very good indication as to the perpetual BS that rules the world of art and all who sail on her.Sandler really needed to review many of the passages, which are very nebulous and require reading over and over again to understand what he means to say. There was several which I completely failed to understand.Apart from . . Magic. Quite heavy in some places but builds up an overview of many artists' lives - especially the private side and anecdotes to go with it. Irving Sandler's story is a very good indication as to the perpetual BS that rules the world of art and all who sail on her.Sandler really needed to review many of the passages, which are very nebulous and require reading over and over again to understand what he means to say. There was several which I completely failed to understand.Apart from . Jay Conefry said Four Stars. A great book for people interested in American Art after WW "Four Stars" according to Jay Conefry. A great book for people interested in American Art after WW 2.
He was the manager of The Club of the abstract expressionists and co-founder of Artists Space. He is the chairman of the Artists Advisory Committee of the Marie Walsh Sharpe Art Foundation. Irving Sandler's four-volume history of postwar American art includes The Triumph of American Painting, The New York School, American Art of the 1960s, and Art of the P
The author of numerous seminal monographs, Sandler now recounts his unique and felicitous experiences in an irresistible mix of personal reminiscence and penetrating analysis, recalling how his quest to understand the mysterious power of certain works of art led him to visit artists' studios, conduct interviews, direct such pivotal artists' organizations as the Tanager Gallery and the Club, and write countless reviews. Sandler's profiles of Wilhelm de Kooning (his hero), Philip Guston, Alex Katz, and many others are as discerning as they are vivid, and the invaluable insider knowledge he shares brilliantly illuminates a world-changing era in the annals of creativity. Donna Seaman
"A fine, firsthand appreciation of the accomplishments, antagonisms, foibles, and failings of the hosts that made the scene that Sandler has spent his life chronicling and celebrating." —ArtforumFor over fifty years Irving Sandler has been a vital presence in the New York art world. He has been a friend or acquaintance of virtually every important American artist of the postwar period, and his art criticism and books constitute the first and most comprehensive critical and historical account of this extraordinary period. 34 illustrations. His personal chronicle is the living memory of the New York art world, from abstract expressionism to the present day. Frank O'Hara called him, in a memorable poem, "the balayeur des artistes," the sweeper-up after artists
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