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Philip Guston : retrospective / organized by Michael Auping ; with essays by Dore Ashton ... [et al.].

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: Fort Worth : Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth ; New York : Thames & Hudson, 2003.Description: 271 p. : ill. (some col.), ports. ; 31 cmISBN:
  • 0500093083
  • 9780500093085
  • 190397349X
  • 9781903973493
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Contents:
Introduction / Michael Auping -- The early years, 1930-1945 / Michael E. Shapiro -- Impure thoughts : on Guston's abstractions / Michael Auping -- A maker of worlds : the later paintings of Philip Guston / Andrew Graham-Dixon -- Pyramid and shoe : Philip Guston and the funnies / Bill Berkson -- The culture of painting : Guston and history / Joseph Rishel -- Parallel worlds : Guston as reader / Dore Ashton -- Faith, hope, and impossibility / Philip Guston.
Summary: A comprehensive survey of Philip Guston's paintings and drawings, from 1930 to his death in 1980. A team of scholars addresses key themes and issues surrounding the development of Guston's art, exploring early influences, social and art historical contexts and his philosophy regarding abstraction.

Published on the occasion of an exhibition held at Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, March 30-8 June, 2003, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, June 28-27 Sept., 2003, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Oct. 27 2003-4 Jan.,2004, and Royal Academy of Arts, Jan. 24-12 Apr., 2004.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-270).

Introduction / Michael Auping -- The early years, 1930-1945 / Michael E. Shapiro -- Impure thoughts : on Guston's abstractions / Michael Auping -- A maker of worlds : the later paintings of Philip Guston / Andrew Graham-Dixon -- Pyramid and shoe : Philip Guston and the funnies / Bill Berkson -- The culture of painting : Guston and history / Joseph Rishel -- Parallel worlds : Guston as reader / Dore Ashton -- Faith, hope, and impossibility / Philip Guston.

A comprehensive survey of Philip Guston's paintings and drawings, from 1930 to his death in 1980. A team of scholars addresses key themes and issues surrounding the development of Guston's art, exploring early influences, social and art historical contexts and his philosophy regarding abstraction.