Barbara Takenaga / curated by Debra Bricker Balken.
At once conceptual and decorative, Barbara Takenaga's swirling, patterned paintings have been called "psychedelic" and "cosmic." Takenaga's approach to painting is both highly structured and disciplined. In this collection of seventy paintings, the evolution of Takenaga...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Williamstown, Massachusetts : Munich, Germany ; London, England ; New York, New York :
Williams College, Museum of Art ; Delmonico Books, Prestel,
2017.
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| Summary: | At once conceptual and decorative, Barbara Takenaga's swirling, patterned paintings have been called "psychedelic" and "cosmic." Takenaga's approach to painting is both highly structured and disciplined. In this collection of seventy paintings, the evolution of Takenaga's celestial bodies and ecstatic compositions is traced over a 20-year period. The luminous reproductions allow readers to study her intricacies of form and color. The book includes an essay that examines Takenaga's work in relation to historic precedents and current aesthetic developments; a brief consideration of Takenaga's career by novelist Jim Shepard; and a poem by Geoffrey Young. |
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| Item Description: | Catalog of the exhibition held at Williams College, Museum of Art, October 5, 2017-January 28, 2018. Primarily acrylic paintings on wood panel or linen. |
| Physical Description: | 143 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Selected bibliography: (pages 138-142) |
| ISBN: | 9783791357003 379135700X |
| Place of Publication: | United States -- Massachusetts -- Berkshire -- Williamstown. Germany -- Bavaria -- Munich. United Kingdom -- England -- London. United States -- New York -- New York. |
| Language: | Text in English. |