Eight begin : artists' memories of starting out / Ronald Bladen, Lois Dodd, Sally Hazelet Drummond, Al Held, Alex Katz, William King, Philip Pearlstein, George Sugarman ; edited by Ada Katz.
Edition:
First edition.
Publisher:
Colby Museum of Art,
Copyright Date:
2014
Description:
116 pages ; 23 cm : illustrations, some of which are in color,
"It offers an intimate look at the formative years of eight artists who were associated with the 10th Street gallery scene in New York during the 1950s and early 1960s.Published here for the first time, these first-person accounts are based on interviews conducted by Ada Katz in the mid-1970s. Katz was interested in finding out what brought these artists to New York City, what sparked their internal interest in the arts and how they found their way to 10th Street, where a handful of artist-run cooperative galleries provided critical alternatives to the more established commercial galleries uptown. These memoirs make vivid the motivations of eight artists who all went on to have significant careers in New York and beyond. From today's perspective, their stories have important lessons to impart to those who wish to find ways to make art outside the existing mainstream."--Back cover. "Texts by Ronald Bladen, Lois Dodd, Sally Hazelet Drummond, Al Held, Alex Katz, Wiliam King, Philip Pearlstein, and George Sugarman. Introduction by Sharon Corwin. Afterword by Vincent Katz."-- Back cover.
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.