The Fate Of A Gesture: Jackson Pollock And Postwar American Art

by Carter Ratcliff

Overview

I am indebted first to Thomas B. Hess and James Fitzsimmons, the editors of Artnews and Art International, who encouraged me to publish the essays and reviews that led, years later, to this book. I am equally grateful for the encouragement I have received from Elizabeth C. Baker, the editor of Art in America.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780367307561
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	05/31/2021
Pages:	372
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Carter Ratcliff is an award-winning art critic who has published several books on diverse American artists, including Andy Warhol, John Singer Sargent, Pat Steir, and Robert Longo. He has been the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, an NEA Art Critics grant, and the Frank Jewett Mather Award for Art Criticism from the College Art Association.

Table of Contents

lLLUSTRATIONS — INTRODUCTION — PART 1 THE AMERICAN INFINITE — PART 2 THE ACTION PAINTER — PART 3 FRAGMENTS OF THE ORDINARY — PART 4 A DAZZLING CONTINUUM — PART 5 GLAMOUR AND DEATH — PART 6 THE QuEsT FOR PURITY — PART 7 FROM DoLDRUMS TO BooM — EPILOGUE — NoTEs — ILLUSTRATION CREDITS — INDEX.

Editorial Reviews

"A provoking and rewarding text."

New York Times Book Review