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BOOK
Title Jack Whitten : Jack's Jacks / For the Nationalgalerie - Staatliche Museen zu Berlin edited by Udo Kittelmann, Sven Beckstette ; authors: Sven Beckstette [and 7 others]
Imprint Berlin, Germany : Nationalgalerie, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin ; Munich, Germany : Prestel, [2019]
Passau, Germany : Passavia
©2019

LIBRARY / MAP CALL NUMBER STATUS MESSAGE
 Husie:Vuxen Facklitteratur (700-799)  759    CHECK SHELF  ---
Descript 237 pages illustrations, portraits (chiefly color) 30 cm
Note Jack Whitten's alluring and inventive paintings are part of the collections of some of the world's most prominent museums and galleries--but this profoundly inventive artist worked primarily under the radar for most of his life. This book, conceived with Whitten's collaboration shortly before his death in 2018, brings his work into focus, highlighting in particular the themes of history, politics, and music. As a young man in Alabama, Whitten was angered by the racism he experienced. When he moved to New York City, he was inspired by the Abstract Expressionists dominating the art scene there. This book examines Whitten's influences and alliances--including his relationship to his mentors Norman Lewis and Willem de Kooning--to trace how the artist never stopped experimenting and innovating. His riotously colorful oils gave way to massive acrylic "Slab" paintings. These were followed by kaleidoscopic mosaic paintings that capture and redirect light; the "Black Monoliths" series, memorializing Whitten's personal heroes; and his later works, which embrace technology and the digital age
Parallel texts in English and German
Subject Whitten, Jack, 1939-2018 -- Exhibitions
Whitten, Jack, 1939-2018 -- Criticism and interpretation
Whitten, Jack, 1939-2018 -- Themes, motives
Whitten, Jack, 1939-2018.
Whitten, Jack, 1939-2018
1900-talet
2000-talet
1900-2099
Abstrakt konst
Afro-amerikansk konst
Afro-amerikanska konstnärer
Painting, Abstract -- 20th century -- Exhibitions
Painting, Abstract -- 21st century -- Exhibitions
African American art -- United States -- 20th century -- Exhibitions
African American art -- United States -- 21st century -- Exhibitions
African American artists -- Alabama -- 20th century -- Exhibitions
African American artists -- Alabama -- 21st century -- Exhibitions
Art, Abstract
Painting, Abstract
African American artists
African American art
Alabama
Förenta staterna
Utställningskataloger
Exhibition catalogs.
Essays.
Illustrated works.
Classmark 759.13
Ibz Whitten, Jack
Ib-qa
Alt Auth Whitten, Jack, 1939-2018. Works. Selections
Kittelmann, Udo
Whitten, Jack, 1939-2018
Beckstette, Sven
Staatliche Museen Preussischer Kulturbesitz host institution.
Prestel Verlag
ISBN/ISSN 9783791358628 book trade edition hardbound
3791358626 book trade edition hardbound
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