Dan McCarthy

Jack Pierson; Nick Stillman

ISBN 10: 0615158587 / ISBN 13: 9780615158587

Published by Anton Kern Gallery, 2008

About this Item

First edition stated 2008, first printing. Published in conjunction with the exhibition by Anton Kern Gallery. Softcover in stiff French wraps without DJ as issued. Condition new, square tight and crisp book, spine not creased, sharp corners, no edgewear, no markings of any kind, no names, no underlinings, no highlights, no bent page corners, not a reminder. 4to, 160 pages, illustrated throughout. Seller Inventory # 018131

Bibliographic Details

Title: Dan McCarthy

Publisher: Anton Kern Gallery

Publication Date: 2008

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: New

Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

Edition: 1st Edition

About this title

Synopsis:

Brooklyn-based painter Dan McCarthy, who was born in Honolulu in 1962, has received plenty of critical attention for his recent canvases--thinly painted, almost gouachy, two-dimensional compositions that feature surfers on rainbow-covered waves, bikini girls on skateboards, scuba divers submerged in darkly undulating waters, longhairs, sports fisherman and other weird utopias. Nudes and nature abound. Ken Johnson of The New York Times assessed McCarthy's "dreamy, goofy and naughty imagery" as both "intriguing and amusing," while Art in America's Sarah Valdez finds McCarthy's quasi-Catholic references "less spiritual than surrealistic." Some may see shades of Edvard Munch, while others will hear the strains of Brian Wilson on his better days. This volume is the first retrospective monograph to date, presented by McCarthy's New York gallery, Anton Kern, and Brooklyn-based publisher The Journal Books.