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[Review Of The Book Pollock's Modernism, By M. Schreyach], Eileen Costello Apr 2018

[Review Of The Book Pollock's Modernism, By M. Schreyach], Eileen Costello

Art and Art History Faculty Research

In 1950, on one of the few occasions that Jackson Pollock publicly discussed his approach to painting, he remarked that 'technique is just a means of arriving at a statement'. Given Pollock's revolutionary method and unprecedented formal achievements, this declaration has generated an enormous amount of critical attention over the past sixty-five years. The book under review is the most recent contribution, yet it stands apart from earlier studies.


Moving Vision: Anne Truitt, Paintings 1972-1991, Michael Schreyach Jan 2018

Moving Vision: Anne Truitt, Paintings 1972-1991, Michael Schreyach

Art and Art History Faculty Research

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Spacing Expression, Michael Schreyach Jan 2018

Spacing Expression, Michael Schreyach

Art and Art History Faculty Research

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Meeting Spaces, Michael Schreyach Jan 2018

Meeting Spaces, Michael Schreyach

Art and Art History Faculty Research

Although in size and shape they more closely resemble traditional easel pictures than do some of his previous works—specifically those on uniquely fashioned supports, which patently display their constructed aspect, or his large-scale public commissions on concrete—Mark Schlesinger’s recent paintings nonetheless convey the impression, like those prior works, of having been built. Not only do the wooden frames upon which he mounts his canvases project his surfaces away from the wall at a noticeably greater distance than do conventional stretchers, but Schlesinger has made an effort to render his auxiliary supports conspicuous.