Peter Blume: Nature and Metamorphosis
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| Rating | : | 4.39 (733 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0943836425 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 352 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-06-02 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
loved it, have an earlier book on Blume I attended the Exhibition at the Wadsworth Atheneum, loved it, have an earlier book on Blume, saw this catalogue at the exhibit, andimmediately decided to buy it. I waited till I was able to order it at Amazon, less expensive and the same exact book.Love it! It is probably the most complete book on Peter Blume available. Has most of his major works, many drawings (rare to see them in actualityor in book form) and good text. I recommend this book to anyone interested in P. Blume. An important painter/artist in mid-20th C. American art.. Five Stars Amazon Customer Beautiful book with great pics.
. Robert Cozzolino is Senior Curator and Curator of Modern Art at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Blume worked out the themes of his ambitious large-scale paintings through dozens of drafts in different media, slowly developing layers of allegory and imagery that dramatized the creative process, cultural memory, urban expansion, destruction, rebirth, and political power. Showcasing over a hundred paintings and drawings, as well as sketches, sculpture, and ephemera from all periods of his six-decade career, Peter Blume: Nature and Metamorphosis provides unprecedented insight into the artist's process, his relationship to Surrealism, and his profound visions of twentieth-century social and spiritual upheaval.This comprehensive volume draws on a selection of previously unpublished interviews with Blume and selected examples of the artist's writings, and reflects previously unknown aspects of Blume's work, including a poster design made during World War II, a major painting not seen in public since 1961, and extensive photographs and drawings from his archives. Russian American artist Peter Blume was one of the earliest practitioners of surrealist painting in the United States, and his elaborately detailed and dreamlike compositions helped define American Modernist art. Essays by Samantha Baskind, Sergio Cortesini, Robert Cowley
Selected by Choice magazine as an Outstanding Academic Title for 2015"This handsome book accompanies the 2015 retrospective exhibition of the artist's work at the Pennsylvania Academy of Art, the first such exhibit since 1976. In addition to insightful essays by Cozzolino, who knew Blume as a family friend, the book includes chapters by Samantha Baskind, Sergio Cortesini, Robert Cowley, David McCarthy, and Sarah Vure. Essential."—Choice. The book is well illustrated throughout. The exhibition and this publica