Ed Clark: The Big Sweep

L. Berrin

ISBN 10: 3906915778 / ISBN 13: 9783906915777

Published by Hauser and Wirth, CH, 2023

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The definitive publication on the acclaimed abstract painter, The Big Sweep chronicles the life and work of Ed Clark through historical texts, photographs, letters and ephemera, and underscores the artist's pivotal place in the development of abstract painting.From his pioneering use of the push broom as paintbrush to making one of the first shaped canvases, American artist Ed Clark's impact on the history and development of abstract painting was profound. This book-the definitive publication on Clark-recounts the story of his life and work through reprints of important historical texts by authors including Darby English, Anita Feldman, Geoffrey Jacques, Kellie Jones, April Kingsley, and Corinne Robins; interviews with Clark by Quincy Troupe, Jack Whitten, and Judith Wilson; as well as photographs, letters, and ephemera from the archive of Clark's estate and his papers at the Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Ed Clark: The Big Sweep
• Publisher: Hauser and Wirth, CH
• Publication Date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3906915778
• ISBN 13: 9783906915777
• Binding: Hardback
• Condition: New
• Weight: 816 grams

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Synopsis

A visual biography of the influential American abstractionist and pioneer of the shaped canvas, with interviews, ephemera and historical documents

From his pioneering use of painting tools such as push brooms to his innovation of the shaped canvas, the impact of artist Ed Clark’s (1926–2019) work on the course of abstract painting in America was profound. On both sides of the Atlantic―in New York and in Paris―Clark witnessed and participated in myriad pivotal developments in mid to late 20th-century art history, counting artists such as Willem de Kooning, Beauford Delaney, Joan Mitchell and David Hammons among his friends and acquaintances.
This publication recounts the story of Clark’s art, life and career through reprints of important historical texts and interviews with the artist, as well as photographs, letters and ephemera from his archive.