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"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." ―Artforum
For over fifty years Irving Sandler has been a vital presence in the New York art world. Frank O'Hara called him, in a memorable poem, "the balayeur des artistes," the sweeper-up after artists. 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. His personal chronicle is the living memory of the New York art world, from abstract expressionism to the present day.
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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 Postmodern Era. 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. In 2008, he received a Lifetime Achievement Award in Art Criticism from the International Art Critics Association.
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The title of distinguished art critic Sandler's piquantly conversational memoir is from a poem by Frank O'Hara and provides a clue to Sandler's candid and humble recognition that as valuable as a critic's work is, it is secondary to the artist's. After experiencing an epiphany while looking at a painting by Franz Kline, Sandler soon became witness to and champion of New York's avant-garde art world, crucial roles he played to perfection for more than 40 years. 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
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- PublisherThames & Hudson
- Publication date2009
- ISBN 10 0500287678
- ISBN 13 9780500287675
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