Texas Abstract : Modern, Contemporary [SIGNED BY THE ARTISTS]

Michael Paglia, Jim Edwards

ISBN 10: 1934491462 / ISBN 13: 9781934491461

Published by Fresco Fine Art Publications, LLC., Fresco NM, 2014

About this Item

248 pages. Hardcover, bound in black cloth covered boards and wrapped in an illustrated paper dustjacket. Texts in English. Binding is slightly cocked, with some mild shelfwear to the edges of the dustjacket. Else, the edges and corners of the boards are sharp. Signed by many of the artists, including Henri Gadbois, Gertrude Barnstone, Lela McConnell, Richard Stout, David Aylsworth, Kristen Cliburn, Lucinda Cobley, Pat Colville, Brad Ellis, Sam Gummelt, Roberta Harris, Jane Helslander, Jane Honovich, Terrell James, Michael Kennaugh, Aaron Parazette, Sam Reveles, Howard Sherman, and Charlotte Smith, A comprehensive monograph featuring images and short texts about a large number of abstract painters and sculptors active in Texas.

Seller Inventory # 022520

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Texas Abstract : Modern, Contemporary [SIGNED BY THE ARTISTS]
• Publisher: Fresco Fine Art Publications, LLC., Fresco NM
• Publication Date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1934491462
• ISBN 13: 9781934491461
• Binding: Cloth
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Signed: Signed by Many of the Artists
• Seller catalogs:
  • Art: Painting
  • Texana
  • Art: Sculpture

About this title

Synopsis

Texas Abstract: Modern / Contemporary examines the development, establishment, and continued presence of abstraction in the art scene in Texas. Texas Abstract begins with a section that discusses the context of modernist abstraction and its place in the history of Texas art. The state's first abstract painters appeared in the late 1930s and into the 1940s. By the 1950s and 1960s, abstraction had been accepted by many of the most significant Texas artists working at that time.

The book also includes a series of chapters devoted to individual contemporary abstractionists currently active in Texas. These artists have embraced in their efforts the wide range of cutting-edge abstract styles of our time. These contemporary abstractions are more international in their outlook than were those of earlier Texas artists, and thus Texas is today an important place for contemporary abstraction.

About the Authors

Michael Paglia is a curator and writer who has specialized in modern and contemporary art in the American West, and he is the author of many books, monographs, and documentaries on the subject.

Jim Edwards is an artist/curator-in-residence and the director of the UAC Contemporary Art Gallery at Houston Baptist University in Texas. He is also an independent art curator and writer.