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Title
Jack Whitten
Type
Text
Monograph
Contribution
Beckstette, Sven (writer of added text)
Kittelmann, Udo (editor)
Whitten, Jack, 1939-2018 (artist)
Nationalgalerie im Hamburger Bahnhof, Museum für Gegenwart--Berlin (issuing body organizer host institution)
Prestel Verlag (issuing body)
Subject
Whitten, Jack, 1939-2018--Exhibitions. (LCSH)
Whitten, Jack, 1939-2018--Criticism and interpretation. (LCSH)
Whitten, Jack, 1939-2018--Themes, motives. (LCSH)
Painting, Abstract--20th century--Exhibitions (LCSH)
Painting, Abstract--21st century--Exhibitions (LCSH)
African American art--United States--20th century--Exhibitions (LCSH)
African American art--United States--21st century--Exhibitions (LCSH)
African American artists--Alabama--20th century--Exhibitions (LCSH)
African American artists--Alabama--21st century--Exhibitions (LCSH)
Whitten, Jack, 1939-2018
African American art
African American artists
Painting, Abstract
Themes, motives
Alabama
United States
1900-2099 (FAST)
Place
Germany--Berlin--Berlin.
Germany--Bavaria--Munich.
Genre Form
Biographies (LCGFT)
Essays
Exhibition catalogs
Illustrated works
Exhibition catalogs (LCGFT)
Essays (LCGFT)
Illustrated works (LCGFT)
Language
Multiple languages (mul)
German (ger)
English (eng)
Illustrative Content
illustrations
portraits
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Geographic Coverage
Classification
LCC: ND237.W6234 A4 2019 (Assigner: dlc) (Status: used by assigner)
DDC: 759.13 full (Source: 23)
Supplementary Content
bibliography (bibliography)
Content
text (txt)
still image (sti)
Note
Includes translation or is translation
original text: : German
language: Parallel texts in English and German.
Summary
Jack Whitten's alluring and inventive paintings are part of the collections of some of the world's most prominent museums and galleries--but this profoundly inventive artist worked primarily under the radar for most of his life. This book, conceived with Whitten's collaboration shortly before his death in 2018, brings his work into focus, highlighting in particular the themes of history, politics, and music. As a young man in Alabama, Whitten was angered by the racism he experienced. When he moved to New York City, he was inspired by the Abstract Expressionists dominating the art scene there. This book examines Whitten's influences and alliances--including his relationship to his mentors Norman Lewis and Willem de Kooning--to trace how the artist never stopped experimenting and innovating. His riotously colorful oils gave way to massive acrylic "Slab" paintings. These were followed by kaleidoscopic mosaic paintings that capture and redirect light; the "Black Monoliths" series, memorializing Whitten's personal heroes; and his later works, which embrace technology and the digital age
Table Of Contents
Vorwort = Foreword / Gabriele Quandt
Gefühl und Hoffnug = Emotion and Hope / Udo Kittelmann
Die Bedeutung der Abstraktion erweitern = Extending the Meaning of Abstraction / Sven Beckstette
Das musikalische Auge von Jack Whitten = Jack Whitten's Musical Eye / Guthrie P. Ramsay, Jr.
Brüderlichkeit = Brotherliness / Zoé Whitley
Two-Eyed Jack = Two-Eyed Jack / David Reed
Universell und zeitlos = Universal and Timeless / Stanley Whitney
Ausgewählte Schriften = Selected Writings / Jack Whitten
Chronologie = Chronology
Werkliste = List of Works
Capture
"Jack Whitten: Jack's Jacks": Date: March 29-September 1, 2019 Place: Hamburger Bahnhof, Museum für Gegenwart, Berlin, Germany
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Authorized Access Point
Jack Whitten
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Date: 2020-01-22
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Date: 2020-02-03T12:12:38
Description Modifier: United States, Library of Congress
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Date: 2024-08-02T10:59:50.378871-04:00
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Description Language: English
Description Authentication: lccopycat

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