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Vincent Desiderio : paintings, 1975-2005 / Vincent Desiderio : Edited by Todd Bradway

By:

Desiderio, Vincent

Contributor(s):

Bradway, Todd

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : D.A.P./Distributed Art Publishers : Marlborough Gallery , 2005Description: 235 p. : illus. ; 29 cmISBN:

9781933045078

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

759.13 DES

Contents:

Summary: More than 100 of Desiderio's works, some of them enormous canvases and triptychs, are faithfully reproduced here, and, thanks in part to five gatefolds their painstaking detail and sweeps of emotion can be truly appreciated. Desiderio's repeated themes and motifs, appearing in often perplexing narratives of great psychological complexity, strike at the intellect and the heart: art history (often manifested in piles of books open to paintings), human intimacy, heroic behavior and, perhaps most viscerally, the plight of the artist's handicapped son, Sam. Rounding out the volume are many works on paper and excerpts from the artist's sketchbooks, an interview by Donald Kuspit, and essays by Lawrence Weschler, Barry Schwabsky and Mia Fineman. Most of all, in Desiderio's highly original works, the viewer will rediscover painting's ability to both astonish and move.

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Holdings
Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Libro - Monografía	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C. Sala Ingles	759.13 DES (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		014870

Unfinished (on Vincent Desiderio's Sleep) / Lawrence Weschler -- The young master of Media, PA / Mia Fineman -- Plate section I: 1975-1997 -- An interview with Vincent Desiderio / Donald Kuspit -- Plate section II: 1998-2005 -- The feast is over / Barry Schwabsky -- Plate list -- Biography -- Selected bibliography -- Exhibition history -- Selected awards -- Public collections -- Photograph credits -- Acknowledgments.

More than 100 of Desiderio's works, some of them enormous canvases and triptychs, are faithfully reproduced here, and, thanks in part to five gatefolds their painstaking detail and sweeps of emotion can be truly appreciated. Desiderio's repeated themes and motifs, appearing in often perplexing narratives of great psychological complexity, strike at the intellect and the heart: art history (often manifested in piles of books open to paintings), human intimacy, heroic behavior and, perhaps most viscerally, the plight of the artist's handicapped son, Sam. Rounding out the volume are many works on paper and excerpts from the artist's sketchbooks, an interview by Donald Kuspit, and essays by Lawrence Weschler, Barry Schwabsky and Mia Fineman. Most of all, in Desiderio's highly original works, the viewer will rediscover painting's ability to both astonish and move.

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