Description
Extolled as a contemporary heir of Edward Hopper, Catherine Murphy has evolved a style acutely American that combines obsessive authenticity with Minimalist rigor. From the shaded lawns of the New Jersey suburbs to the Massachusetts woods, from childhood interiors to self-portraits and detailed images of buttons and dust, carpeted stairs, or a stuccoed ceiling, Murphy always paints and draws from life, often the domestic and quotidian. However, Murphy has distinguished her art from that of other realists, particularly in her later work, which often presents her subjects in extreme proximity to the viewer, literally in your face. Murphy uses painting and drawing to slow time down with intense concentration, so much so that it may take her a year to complete one painting. This volume explores Murphy's complete body of work, from the hushed world of her early work to the hyper encounters of the present with more than 100 paintings and drawings accompanied by texts by art critic John Yau.
About the Author
Poet, art critic, and curator John Yau has published more than fifty books of poetry, fiction, and art criticism. He teaches at the Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University. Svetlana Alpers is professor emerita of art history, University of California, Berkeley.
Reviews
"Enjoy Catherine Murphy's style of representational painting and her well-known precision in her first monograph including more than 100 paintings and drawings."
-THE SOCIETY DIARIES
"The work of Catherine Murphy perfectly describes its time. Her paintings, which date back to the late 1960s, travel a scenic route across the planes of contemporary art. In Catherine Murphy by John Yau, we travel with Murphy through her illustrious career, which beautifully integrates two American artist mindsets: Minimalism and Naturalism. The results are nothing short of illuminating, like the early rays of the run as they peak over the trees and dry the morning dew off the lawn."
-CraveOnline
Book Information
ISBN 9780847848386
Author John Yau
Format Hardback
Page Count 192
Imprint Skira Rizzoli
Publisher Rizzoli International Publications
Weight(grams) 1284g
Dimensions(mm) 287mm * 262mm * 33mm
About the Author
Poet, art critic, and curator John Yau has published more than fifty books of poetry, fiction, and art criticism. He teaches at the Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University. Svetlana Alpers is professor emerita of art history, University of California, Berkeley.
Reviews
"Enjoy Catherine Murphy's style of representational painting and her well-known precision in her first monograph including more than 100 paintings and drawings."
-THE SOCIETY DIARIES
"The work of Catherine Murphy perfectly describes its time. Her paintings, which date back to the late 1960s, travel a scenic route across the planes of contemporary art. In Catherine Murphy by John Yau, we travel with Murphy through her illustrious career, which beautifully integrates two American artist mindsets: Minimalism and Naturalism. The results are nothing short of illuminating, like the early rays of the run as they peak over the trees and dry the morning dew off the lawn."
-CraveOnline
Book Information
ISBN 9780847848386
Author John Yau
Format Hardback
Page Count 192
Imprint Skira Rizzoli
Publisher Rizzoli International Publications
Weight(grams) 1284g
Dimensions(mm) 287mm * 262mm * 33mm
