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Jack Whitten's alluring and inventive paintings are part of the collections of some of the world's most prominent museums and galleries--but this profoundly inventive artist worked primarily under the radar for most of his life. This book, conceived with Whitten's collaboration shortly before his death in 2018, brings his work into focus, highlighting in particular the themes of history, politics, and music. As a young man in Alabama, Whitten was angered by the racism he experienced. When he moved to New York City, he was inspired by the Abstract Expressionists dominating the art scene there. This book examines Whitten's influences and alliances--including his relationship to his mentors Norman Lewis and Willem de Kooning--to trace how the artist never stopped experimenting and innovating. His riotously colorful oils gave way to massive acrylic "Slab" paintings. These were followed by kaleidoscopic mosaic paintings that capture and redirect light; the "Black Monoliths" series, memorializing Whitten's personal heroes; and his later works, which embrace technology and the digital age.

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A black man who grew up in the Jim Crow South, Jack Whitten (1939-2018) arrived in New York in 1959 and began a wide-ranging exploration into the nature of painting and art-making that would sustain more than five decades of work. Early in his career, in 1970, Whitten experienced his breakthrough moment: when he lifted a thick slab of paint off its support, he realized he could experiment within the physical, dimensional space of the paint itself. After that, all bets were off: I cut paint, I laminate paint, I grind paint, I freeze paint, I boil paint, he said.

Approaching abstraction as scientist and mystic, Whitten probed the expressive and material possibilities of painting. He constantly changed styles, developed new methods and took up new subject matter, but it is precisely this spirit of curious inquiry that unites his relentlessly experimental career.

Jack Whitten: Notes from the Woodshed collects the artists notes from his work in the studio alongside selected interviews and texts, presenting an in-depth look at his rich studio practice. This publication comes at a crucial time; after decades of neglect, the art world has just begun to take stock of what Whitten achieved in his body of work. Edited by Katy Siegel, one of Whittens long-standing champions, this volume offers an intimate look at the artist in his elementin the studio. - Artbook

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73.07 --- 7.07 --- 75.07 --- Beelhouwkunst ; vnl. 2de helft 20ste eeuw ; J. Whitten --- Whitten, Jack 1939-2018 (°Bessemer, Alabama, Verenigde Staten) --- Abstracte kunst --- Civil Rights Movement --- Beeldhouwkunst ; beeldhouwers A - Z --- Kunstenaars met verschillende disciplines, niet traditioneel klasseerbare, conceptuele kunstenaars A-Z --- Schilderkunst ; schilders --- Whitten, Jack, --- Exhibitions --- Art --- sculpture [visual works] --- painting [image-making] --- primitivism [artistic concept] --- mixed media works --- Whitten, Jack

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A series of conversations on topics concerning the global contemporary art scene. Conversations offers a platform for dynamic dialogues between prominent members of the international artworld, each offering their unique perspective on producing, collecting, and exhibiting art. The series include artist talks, panels, and discussions with a range of speakers including artists, gallerists, curators, collectors, architects, art lawyers, critics, and many other cultural players.

Bill, Max --- Vantongerloo, Georges --- Bourgeois, Louise --- Picasso, Pablo --- Chamberlain, John --- Chillida, Eduardo --- FÖrg, Günther --- Gorky, Arshile --- Guston, Philip --- Pape, Lygia --- Schendel, Mira --- Smith, David --- Whitten, Jack --- Arp, Jean --- Burri, Alberto --- Castellani, Enrico --- de Staël, Nicolas, 1914-1955 --- Fontana, Lucio --- Kippenberger, Martin --- Manzoni, Piero --- Melotti, Fausto --- Miro, Joan --- Picabia, Francis --- Rosso, Medardo --- Tinguely, Jean --- Twombly, Cy --- West, Franz

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Art --- paintings [visual works] --- drawings [visual works] --- sculpture [visual works] --- photography [process] --- Kerckhoven, Van, Anne-Mie --- Stolle, Bart --- Kahrs, Johannes --- Tuymans, Luc --- Manders, Mark --- Hartnett, Susan --- Jones, Kim --- Kawahara, Naoto --- Körmeling, John --- Caeckenbergh, van, Patrick --- Dumas, Marlene --- Braeckman, Dirk --- Nordström, Jockum --- Roccasalva, Pietro --- Scobel, Jenny --- Yun-Fei Ji --- Goudzwaard, Kees --- Suciu, Mircea --- Yvoré, Cristof --- Schwindt, Grace --- Maesschalck, De, Jan --- Borremans, Michaël --- Corbijn, Anton --- Whitten, Jack --- Keyser, de, Raoul