Issued in connection with an exhibition organized by the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco in collaboration with the Palm Springs Art Museum, held at the de Young Museum, San Francisco, June 22, 2013-September 29, 2013, Palm Springs Art Museum, October 26, 2013-February 16, 2014, North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, March 16, 2014-June 8, 2014. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
The Nature of Abstraction : Richard Diebenkorn's Berkeley Period / Timothy Anglin Burgard -- Tension beneath Calm : Richard Diebenkorn's Figurative Work / Steven A. Nash -- A Sense of Place : Richard Diebenkorn and the Aerial View / Emma Acker -- Plates -- Richard Diebenkorn: Chronology -- Richard Diebenkorn Paints a Picture : A Selection of Photographs by Rose Mandel.
Summary:
"In the 1950s American painter Richard Diebenkorn (1922-1993) took a dramatic turn away from his early work, exploring new vocabularies of both abstract and representational styles, which would come to be known as the artist's "Berkeley period." This era has long been recognized as one of the most interesting chapters in postwar American art, yielding many of Diebenkorn's best-known works. Richard Diebenkorn: The Berkeley Years, 1953-1966 examines Diebenkorn's process and output during this decisive period. Three original essays explore the artist's evolving conceptions of abstraction and representation, emphasizing the interrelationships between the abstract paintings and drawings and related landscapes, figurative works, and still lifes, as well as Diebenkorn's ongoing interest in aerial views. Featuring several significant works that have rarely been on view, as well as previously unpublished photographs from the Diebenkorn archives, this important publication is the first comprehensive look at this critical period"-- Provided by publisher.
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