Agnes Martin (First UK Edition)

[Agnes Martin] Frances Morris, Tiffany Bell

ISBN 10: 1849762686 / ISBN 13: 9781849762687

Published by Tate Publishing, London, 2015

About this Item

Softcover. First UK Edition. Published in conjunction with a traveling exhibition which opened on June 3, 2015, at the Tate Modern in London, later traveling to Dusseldorf, Los Angeles, and New York. Near Fine in perfect-bound wrappers.

Seller Inventory # 169874

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Agnes Martin (First UK Edition)
• Publisher: Tate Publishing, London
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1849762686
• ISBN 13: 9781849762687
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Seller catalogs:
  • Art Books
  • Monographs

About this title

Synopsis

Canadian-born Agnes Martin was one of the pre-eminent painters of the second half of the twentieth century, whose work has had a significant influence both on artists of her own time and for subsequent generations. A contemporary of the abstract expressionists though often identified with minimalism, Martin was of the few woman artists who came to prominence in the predominately masculine art world of the late 1950s and 1960s, and became a particularly important role model for younger women artists. This groundbreaking survey provides an overview of Martin''s career, from lesser-known early experimental works through her striped and grided grey paintings and use of colour in various formats, to a group of her final works that reintroduce bold forms. A selection of drawings and watercolours is also included. With essays by leading scholars that give a context for Martin''s work - her life, relationship with other artists, the influence of South- Asian philosophy - alongside focused shorter pieces on particular paintings, the book will appeal to art students, academics and all those interested in abstract art. Presenting new research, and beautifully designed, the book is also an opportunity to introduce the life and work of Agnes Martin to those unfamiliar with her oeuvre.

About the Author

Frances Morris is Head of Collections, International Art, Tate Modern Briony Fer is Professor of Art History, University College, London Tiffany Bell is an independent art historian Maria Muller-Scharek is curator at Kunstsammlung Nordrhein Westfalen, Dusseldorf Jacquelyn Baas is art historian, curator and director emeritus of the California Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive Lena Fritsch is Assistant Curator, Tate Modern Anna Lovatt is Lecturer in Modern and Contemporary Art History, University of Manchester, UK