Figures Environments VG 1970 SC Group Exhibition Catalog, Sculpture Installation

Figures Environments
Author:
Friedman, Martin; Swanson, Dean
Publisher:
Walker Art Center
Release Date:
1970
Seller Category:
ART EXHIBIT CATALOGS
Qty Available:
1
Condition:
Used: Very Good
Sku: 01878
Notes: Very Good 8vo, 8 1/2" x 11." Art exhibit catalog in stiff glossy orange wraps with stylized magenta-and-white lettering to front, white lettering to spine, bumping to tips and top and bottom of spine, 1/4" closed tear to top of spine, creases and rubbing along spine, else clean, tightly bound, intact, and unmarked throughout. 43 pp replete with black-and-white images of the artwork of participating artists Alex Katz, Red Grooms, Jann Haworth, Duane Hanson, Paul Thek, Lynton Wells, George Segal and Robert Whitman, including images of the artists with their work and images of the artists at work. Includes an Introduction and essays on five of the participating artists by Walker Art Center Director Martin Friedman, three more artist essays by Dean Swanson, Lenders of Exhibition, Acknowledgements, Checklist of the Exhibition, Biographies, Bibliographies and Credits. This catalog was created in conjunction with the exhibition, "Figures Environments" held at the Walker Art Center May 15 to June 30, 1970, that traveled to the Cincinnati Art Museum October 2 to November 1, 1970, and the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts December 13, 1970 to January 17, 1971. From the Introduction: "This exhibition presents some recent attitudes about the figure, beyond those found in traditional techniques...Works shown are essentially three-dimensional, and many strain traditional definitions of sculpture...Common historical and stylistic affinities relate the work of some artists in the exhibition, but no case can be made for a single style or philosophy. This is a curious, and on occasion eccentric, assortment of approaches." Heavy and oversized items may require additional shipping.