Angels, demons and savages : Pollock, Ossorio, Dubuffet / Klaus Ottmann, Dorothy Kosinski ; introductions by Dorothy Kosinski and Terrie Sultan ; with essays by Klaus Ottmann and Alicia G. Longwell ; a text by Jean Dubuffet ; and contributions by Elizabeth Steele, Sylvia Albro, Scott Homolka, and Chantal Bernicky.

By:

Ottmann, Klaus [author.]

Contributor(s):

Material type: Text

still image
text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

0300186487
9780300186482

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

709.22 23

LOC classification:

N6537.O77 A4 2013

Contents:

Angels, demons, and savages / Klaus Ottmann -- Pollock, Ossorio, Dubuffet, 1948-1952 / Alicia G. Longwell -- The initiatory paintings of Alfonso Ossorio / Jean Dubuffet -- Materials and techniques / Elizabeth Steele [and others].

Summary: "The artistic relationships among Jackson Pollock (1912-1956), Alfonso Ossorio (1916-1990), and Jean Dubuffet (1901-1985) strongly influenced the development of postwar art. Ossorio, the central figure in the trio, was an early champion of Pollock and the close friend of Dubuffet, whose radically anticultural Art Brut collection was prominently displayed at Ossorio's Hamptons estate. Dubuffet's admiration for Ossorio is evident in his 1951 essay on the artist, published here for the first time in English. Angels, Demons, and Savages reveals previously unrecognized technical and thematic affinities in the artists' work, from Dubuffet's "raw," unconventional style to Ossorio's use of Christian iconography and grotesque elements to Pollock's emphasis on medium and gestural force. Complete with two original essays and a conservation study, this groundbreaking catalogue shows how the three artists shaped the aesthetic on both sides of the Atlantic through their exchange of ideas and techniques."--Publisher's website.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	City Campus City Campus Main Collection	709.22 OTT (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		A480685B

Published on the occasion of the exhibition Angels, Demons, and Savages: Pollock, Ossorio, Dubuffet, co-organized by The Phillips Collection and the Parrish Art Museum.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"The artistic relationships among Jackson Pollock (1912-1956), Alfonso Ossorio (1916-1990), and Jean Dubuffet (1901-1985) strongly influenced the development of postwar art. Ossorio, the central figure in the trio, was an early champion of Pollock and the close friend of Dubuffet, whose radically anticultural Art Brut collection was prominently displayed at Ossorio's Hamptons estate. Dubuffet's admiration for Ossorio is evident in his 1951 essay on the artist, published here for the first time in English. Angels, Demons, and Savages reveals previously unrecognized technical and thematic affinities in the artists' work, from Dubuffet's "raw," unconventional style to Ossorio's use of Christian iconography and grotesque elements to Pollock's emphasis on medium and gestural force. Complete with two original essays and a conservation study, this groundbreaking catalogue shows how the three artists shaped the aesthetic on both sides of the Atlantic through their exchange of ideas and techniques."--Publisher's website.

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