Helen Frankenthaler : late works, 1988-2009 / Helen Frankenthaler ; foreword by Elizabeth Smiht ; preface by Douglas Dreishpoon ; text by Suzanne Boorsch.
Publisher:
DAP/Distributed Art Publishers
Copyright Date:
℗♭2022
Description:
287 pages : chiefly color illustrations, portraits ; 32 cm
Published in conjunction with the traveling exhibition, Helen Frankenthaler: Late Works, 1990-2003, organized by the Helen Frankenthaler Foundation and shown at the New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, Conn., February 11-May 23, 2001, the Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, N.C., June 6-August 28, 2001, and at the Palm Springs Art Museum, Palm Springs, Calif., October 14, 2021-February 27, 2022. Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-279) and index.
Contents:
Foreword / Elizabeth Smith -- Painting to finish / Douglas Dreishpoon -- Frankenthaler's late prints / Suzanne Boorsch -- Roundtable discussion / Katharina Grosse, Pepe Karmel, Mary Weatherford ; moderated by Douglas Dreishpoon -- Thoughts about painting / Helen Frankenthaler.
Summary:
Helen Frankenthaler: Late Works, 1988-2009 is the first book to explore the late period of Frankenthaler's art and life. Profusely illustrated with more than 95 plates and 40 archival images, the book features essays by Douglas Dreishpoon and Suzanne Boorsch; a roundtable discussion with Katharina Grosse, Pepe Karmel, and Mary Weatherford; an illustrated chronology and selected bibliography. Initiated by Dreishpoon, Director of the Helen Frankenthaler Catalogue Raisonne and Chief Curator Emeritus at the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, the book complements an exhibition of Frankenthaler's late paintings on paper and canvas that premiered at the New Britain Museum of American Art before traveling to the Weatherspoon Art Museum and Palm Springs Art Museum. Frankenthaler's invention of the soak-stain technique expanded the possibilities of abstract painting with sly references to figuration and landscape. In later years, her practice continued to evolve through the use of diverse media and processes, as she shifted from painting canvas on the floor to using larger sheets of paper that were laid out on the floor or on table tops for easier accessibility. The continuity between the late work and what came before is striking, as the painter, graced with a vast art-historical image bank, and technical prowess, moved in whatever direction suited her mood and imagination. Exhibition: New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britan, USA (11.02. -23.05.2021) / Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, USA (12.06.-28.08.2021) / Palm Springs Art Museum, USA (14.10.2021 - 27.02.2022).
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.