LIST PRICE: U.S. $49.95
LIST PRICE: CANADA $49.95
ISBN: 9780970442802
PUBLISHER: P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center
AVAILABLE: 4/2/2001
FORMAT: Hardcover, 10 x 13 in. / 200 pgs / 51 color / 76 b&w.
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PUBLISHING STATUS: Out of print
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SPRING 2001

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January 9, 2012

John Wesley: Paintings
1961-2000
Essays by Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev, Alanna Heiss, Brian O'Doherty.

Accompanying a retrospective at P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center in New York, this new monograph documents the work of painter John Wesley, covering his entire career from 1961 until today. Wesley is known for his consistency of palette--baby blues and cotton pinks--his use of painted "frames" within his pictures, his early emblem paintings, his cartoon Bumstead works--and ultimately for his representations of an inner erotic voyage where the viewer is both voyager and voyeur. Initially considered in alignment with pop artists of the early 60s, Wesley consistently produced works of such a subtle and subversive nature as to put him in a category of his own. He used the early tools of advertising production--like tracing paper and stock photography--and was the subject of a wide range of influences, from Surrealism to Art Nouveau, from ancient Greek poetry to Matisse. The result is an oeuvre that has challenged and rewarded viewers for forty years.

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