Letters to a Young Artist
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Edited by Peter Nesbett, Sarah Andress and Shelly Bancroft.
"This pocket-sized book contains a collection of two dozen letters all commissioned from established artists to a fictitious ""young artist,"" a recent art-school graduate who is struggling with the moral and practical implications of being an artist in New York. The ""young artist"" asked a selection of his heroes, ""Is it possible to maintain one's integrity and freedom of thought and still participate in the art world?"" Responding artists--including Gregory Amenoff, Jo Baer, John Baldessari, Jimmie Durham, Joan Jonas, Adrian Piper, William Pope Lawrence Weiner and Richard Tuttle wrote back with advice (Gregory Amenoff: ""Keep away from art fairs.""); encouragement (Joan Jonas: ""The answer is the Work. To Work. To care about the Work.""); and cautionary tales (Adrian Piper: ""Young artist, it is highly unlikely that you will be rewarded professionally for reaching this point. Nor will it make you popular. On the contrary: you will develop a reputation for being Îdifficult,' Îuncooperative,' Îinflexible,' or even Îself-destructive;' and treated (or mistreated, or ostracized, or blacklisted) accordingly.'). Twelve of these letters were originally published in Art on Paper. This book expands considerably upon that project."
PUBLISHED BY: Darte Publishing, LLC
FORMAT: Paperback, 5 x 7 in. / 80 pgs / illustrated throughout.
ISBN: 9780977368006 ISBN10: 0977368009
PUBLICATION DATE: 04/01/2006
AVAILABILITY: Temporarily out of stock. Check your local bookstore or museum shop for copies.
Bookseller Price Code: TRADE
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