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PublisherPicador

ISBN-100312425856

ISBN-139780312425852

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Book TitleOff the Wall : a Portrait of Robert Rauschenberg

Number of Pages352 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2005

TopicHistory / Contemporary (1945-), General, Artists, Architects, Photographers

FeaturesRevised

IllustratorYes

GenreArt, Biography & Autobiography

AuthorCalvin Tomkins

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height1 in

Item Weight11.6 Oz

Item Length8.2 in

Item Width5.8 in

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Reviews"I commend Calvin Tomkins, as Bernard Berenson did Vasari, for 'being a singularly warm, generous, and appreciative critic.'"-- The New York Times Book Review "As chronicler of the avant-garde for The New Yorker, Calvin Tomkins has specialized in rendering the esoteric doings of artists comprehensible."-- The Washington Post Book World, As chronicler of the avant-garde for The New Yorker, Calvin Tomkins has specialized in rendering the esoteric doings of artists comprehensible., "I commend Calvin Tomkins, as Bernard Berenson did Vasari, for 'being a singularly warm, generous, and appreciative critic.'"--"The New York Times Book Review" "As chronicler of the avant-garde for "The New Yorker," Calvin Tomkins has specialized in rendering the esoteric doings of artists comprehensible."--"The Washington Post Book World", I commend Calvin Tomkins, as Bernard Berenson did Vasari, for 'being a singularly warm, generous, and appreciative critic.', "I commend Calvin Tomkins, as Bernard Berenson did Vasari, for 'being a singularly warm, generous, and appreciative critic.'" -- The New York Times Book Review "As chronicler of the avant-garde for The New Yorker, Calvin Tomkins has specialized in rendering the esoteric doings of artists comprehensible." -- The Washington Post Book World

Table Of ContentPreface to the New Edition Venice, 1964 Port Arthur Mostly Messes Black Mountain Tragedy, Ecstasy, Doom, and So On White Numbers A Place Where Art Goes On John Cage Feticci Personali Enfant Terrible Dancers Jasper Johns Why Not Sneeze? Moving Out Towards Theater Into the Sixties Hot and Cold Heroes The Construction of Boston Recognition The Sistine on Broadway Incidents of Travel in Europe and Asia Nine Evenings The Not So Great Society "There is no solution because there is no problem"--Marcel DuChamp End of an Era Captiva Everything in Sight (Rauschenberg Revisited, 2004-2005) Appendix Notes Index

Edition DescriptionRevised edition

SynopsisCalvin Tomkins first discovered the work of Robert Rauschenberg in the late 1950s, when he began to look seriously at contemporary art. While gazing at Rauschenberg's painting Double Feature, Tomkins felt compelled to make some kind of literal connection to the work, and it is in that sprit that "for the last forty years it's been [his] ambition to write about contemporary art not as a critic or a judge, but as a participant." Tomkins has spent many of those years writing about Robert Rauschenberg, whom he rapidly came to see as "one of the most inventive and influential artists of his generation." So it seemed natural to make Rauschenberg the focus of Off the Wall , which deals with the radical changes that have made advanced visual art such a powerful force in the world. Off the Wall chronicles the astonishingly creative period of the 1950s and 1960s, a high point in American art. In his in his collaborations with Merce Cunningham and John Cage, and as a pivotal figure linking abstract expressionism and pop art, Rauschenberg was part of a revolution during which artists moved art off the walls of museums and galleries and into the center of the social scene. Rauschenberg's vitally important and productive career spans this revolution, reaching beyond it to the present day. Featuring the artists and the art world surrounding Rauschenberg--from Jackson Pollock, and Willem de Kooning to Jasper Johns, Frank Stella, and Andy Warhol, together with dealers Betty Parsons, and Leo Castelli, and the patron Peggy Guggenheim--Tomkins's stylish and witty portrait of one of America's most original and inspiring artists is fascinating, enlightening, and very entertaining., Calvin Tomkins first discovered the work of Robert Rauschenberg in the late 1950s, when he began to look seriously at contemporary art. While gazing at Rauschenberg's painting Double Feature, Tomkins felt compelled to make some kind of literal connection to the work, and it is in that sprit that "for the last forty years it's been his] ambition to write about contemporary art not as a critic or a judge, but as a participant." Tomkins has spent many of those years writing about Robert Rauschenberg, whom he rapidly came to see as "one of the most inventive and influential artists of his generation." So it seemed natural to make Rauschenberg the focus of Off the Wall , which deals with the radical changes that have made advanced visual art such a powerful force in the world. Off the Wall chronicles the astonishingly creative period of the 1950s and 1960s, a high point in American art. In his in his collaborations with Merce Cunningham and John Cage, and as a pivotal figure linking abstract expressionism and pop art, Rauschenberg was part of a revolution during which artists moved art off the walls of museums and galleries and into the center of the social scene. Rauschenberg's vitally important and productive career spans this revolution, reaching beyond it to the present day. Featuring the artists and the art world surrounding Rauschenberg--from Jackson Pollock, and Willem de Kooning to Jasper Johns, Frank Stella, and Andy Warhol, together with dealers Betty Parsons, and Leo Castelli, and the patron Peggy Guggenheim--Tomkins's stylish and witty portrait of one of America's most original and inspiring artists is fascinating, enlightening, and very entertaining.