|
Item Number: 128674
Title: WILLIAM BECKMAN: Drawings, 1967-2013
Author: Butler, Charles T. ; Carter Ratcliff
Price: Not Available
ISBN: 9781907804410
Description: London: Giles, 2014. 28cm., hardcover, 112pp., 70 color illus. Exhibition held at Columbus Museum, Columbus, GA. Summary: As one of the leading realist artists working in the United States, William Beckman is celebrated for the intimacy and emotional power of his figurative drawings. In the first major retrospective of his works on paper, the Columbus Museum explores Beckman’s primary subject matter: the individual. Nearly fifty portraits reveal captivating expressions of self-posession, rebellion, and vulnerability. Coinciding with the Museum’s sixtieth anniversary, these works from private and public collections reveal the Columbus Museum’s commitment to promoting, exhibiting, and collecting American drawings. Drawing inspiration from northern European painting, the writings of Russian author Nikolai Gogol, and the farm on which he grew up in western Minnesota, Beckman’s work examines human relationships—the quiet of solitude, the intimacy of marriage, and the complexity of gender issues. Often working in series, and experimenting with scale, William Beckman’s process is at the fore, producing compelling images that engage the viewer directly. Featuring colour plates of Beckman’s work from the full span of his career, as well as archival photos from his childhood and college days, William Beckman: Drawings, 1967–2013 includes an interview with the artist as well as an exploratory essay by noted author and scholar.
We regret to inform you that this title is no longer available.
Please contact us if you need additional assistance.
P.O. Box 3904, Kingston, New York 12402 US
Phone: 845-331-8519
Fax: 845-331-0852
Email: michael@artbooks.com