Description
Published to accompany the Lee Krasner Retrospective at the Barbican Art Gallery, London, fromThursday 30 May-Sunday 1 September 2019, and at Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt, from Thursday 10 October 2019-Sunday 12 January 2020, and at Zentrum Paul Klee, Bern, from Friday 7 February-Sunday 10 May 2020, and at the Guggenheim Bilbao, from Friday 29 May-Sunday 6 September 2020.
About the Author
Ruth Appelhof, Executive Director Emerita of Guild Hall in East Hampton, New York, earned her Ph.D. from Syracuse University having written her dissertation on American Modernism. Her museum career started at the Whitney Museum as a Helena Rubenstein Fellow. Since then she has directed museums across the country. In 2017 Appelhof was a visiting scholar at the American Academy in Rome and is currently a Fellow at the Pollock-Krasner House and Study Center.
Reviews
This is a nuanced portrait of one of the most formidable artists in Postwar America. Weaving together nearly a hundred new interviews with rare archival material and unseen photographs, Appelhof offers a series of fresh perspectives into the life and work of Lee Krasner, which is a welcome addition to the field for her fans and newcomers alike.--Eleanor Nairne, Art Historian and Curator "Barbican Art Gallery " In its detailed revelations of Lee Krasner as a dynamic and complex woman, this memoir greatly expands our appreciation of a major force in American painting.--Tom Freudenheim, Former Assistant Secretary for Museums "Smithsonian Institution " A compelling story about both the woman who is more famous as Jackson Pollock's wife and the artist whose extraordinary body of work is finally being recognized. This captivating book is a valuable contribution to the scholarship on Krasner as well as being an entertaining page-turner.--Michele Wijegoonaratna (Wije), Curator of Exhibitions "American Federation of Arts " A wonderful addition to the still too sparse literature on one of the greatest artists of the last century. The movie on Pollock has been done, now it's time for Lee.--John Cheim "Cheim and Read Gallery "
Book Information
ISBN 9788833670164
Author Ruth Appelhof
Format Hardback
Page Count 192
Imprint Officina Libraria
Publisher Officina Libraria
Weight(grams) 610g