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Scott Grant Barker
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Publisher
Texas A & M Univ Pr
Publication date
March 1, 2008
Pages
206
Binding
Hardcover
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780883601037
ISBN-10
0883601036
Dimensions
1.25 by 10 by 11.75 in.
Weight
3.20 lbs.
Original list price
$39.95
Other format details
university press
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The art critic Dave Hickey once identified the Forth Worth Circle as ÂTexasâ first indigenous group of consciously cosmopolitan and irrefutably modern artists,â Their work, he wrote, Ârepresents the fruit of a special time in the culture of the western United Statesâ (Artspace, winter 1986 -87).
This book chronicles the Forth Worth Circleâs distinctive output during the 1940s, the decade of their genesis and greatest innovation. These Âgenuine citizens of the world,â as Hickey called them, possessed an unconventional vision that radically sidestepped the traditional art of post-Depression Texas. The members of the Circle responded to modern art by created a unique aesthetic based on contemporary surrealism and abstraction, and they did so drawing from their own fertile imaginations.
In his essay on the Circle, Scott Grant Barker relates the personal and captivating history of these eleven young artists fro whom the standards of the day were no longer acceptable. Jane Myers writes to the aesthetic evolution of their work, including their artistic techniques and influences. The catalogue also includes succinct biographies, accompanied by photographs, of each fop the artists.
Among the legends and legendary figures in Forth Worthâs past  and there are many  the artists of the Fort Worth Circle occupy a special place as pioneers of modern art in a city that is today one of the preeminent art meccas in the United States. This catalogue, published by the Amon Carter Museum to coincide with an exhibition by the same title, will remain the definitive source of their art and history for years to come.
This book chronicles the Forth Worth Circleâs distinctive output during the 1940s, the decade of their genesis and greatest innovation. These Âgenuine citizens of the world,â as Hickey called them, possessed an unconventional vision that radically sidestepped the traditional art of post-Depression Texas. The members of the Circle responded to modern art by created a unique aesthetic based on contemporary surrealism and abstraction, and they did so drawing from their own fertile imaginations.
In his essay on the Circle, Scott Grant Barker relates the personal and captivating history of these eleven young artists fro whom the standards of the day were no longer acceptable. Jane Myers writes to the aesthetic evolution of their work, including their artistic techniques and influences. The catalogue also includes succinct biographies, accompanied by photographs, of each fop the artists.
Among the legends and legendary figures in Forth Worthâs past  and there are many  the artists of the Fort Worth Circle occupy a special place as pioneers of modern art in a city that is today one of the preeminent art meccas in the United States. This catalogue, published by the Amon Carter Museum to coincide with an exhibition by the same title, will remain the definitive source of their art and history for years to come.
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from Texas A & M Univ Pr (March 1, 2008)
9780883601037 | details & prices | 206 pages | 10.00 × 11.75 × 1.25 in. | 3.20 lbs | List price $39.95
About: The art critic Dave Hickey once identified the Forth Worth Circle as ÂTexasâ first indigenous group of consciously cosmopolitan and irrefutably modern artists,â Their work, he wrote, Ârepresents the fruit of a special time in the culture of the western United Statesâ (Artspace, winter 1986 -87).
About: The art critic Dave Hickey once identified the Forth Worth Circle as ÂTexasâ first indigenous group of consciously cosmopolitan and irrefutably modern artists,â Their work, he wrote, Ârepresents the fruit of a special time in the culture of the western United Statesâ (Artspace, winter 1986 -87).
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