Aquin, Tom Wesselmann - 2012 - ENGLISH EDITION - POP-ART

Wesselmann – Aquin, Stéphane et Nathalie Bondil.
Tom Wesselmann. (Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, May 18 to October 7,
2012; Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, April 6 to July 25, 2013).
München, London, New York, Prestel and DelMonico Books (2012). Folio
(36,5 x 26 cm.). 201, (1) p. with numerous color illustrations.
Colorfully illustrated hardcover.

English edition. With Essays by N.
Bondil, S. Aquin, Constance W. Glenn, Annabelle Ténèze, Isabelle Dervaux
and Marco Livingstone. – „This book examines the work of Tom
Wesselmann, one of the great American Pop artists alongside Roy
Lichtenstein and Andy Warhol, and sheds new light on his distinctive
contributions to art history. Exploring Wesselmann’s steadfast focus on
the fundamentals of art making, this generously illustrated volume casts
him as an heir to both Ingres and Matisse, and a forefunner to
contemporary artists such as Eric Fischl, Richard Phillips, and
Mickalene Thomas. While famous for his Great American Nude series and
still lifes of the early 1960s, Wesselmann consistently reinvented
himself as an artist. He explored a variety of techniques including
collage, painting, bas-relief, still lifes, laser-cut landscapes, and
three-dimensional nudes. Wesselmann’s forceful compositions exude cool
objectification and rich sensuality, and exemplify the shift in cultural
paradigms, between the old world and the new that began in the 1960s.
Wesselmann also wrote country music, including the classic song „I Love
Doing Texas with You,“ which appears on the soundtrack to Brokeback
Mountain. Including scholarly essays and numerous illustrations, this
monograph reveals the astonishing visual impact and superb aesthetic
quality of Wesselmann’s work“ (Prestel). – Very good copy.