Painter and printmaker Will Barnet has actively participated in the New York art world for nearly 70 years. A leading figure in the Indian Space painting movement of the late 1940s, Barnet stressed the spatial structures of Northwest Coast Indian art. Throughout the 1950s and into the 1960s, he made a series of hardedged, totemic abstractions marked by their "all-positive" space, which he described as austere, classical expressions of Indian culture. He then moved on to new art forms in the 1960s and 1970s, creating a ...
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Painter and printmaker Will Barnet has actively participated in the New York art world for nearly 70 years. A leading figure in the Indian Space painting movement of the late 1940s, Barnet stressed the spatial structures of Northwest Coast Indian art. Throughout the 1950s and into the 1960s, he made a series of hardedged, totemic abstractions marked by their "all-positive" space, which he described as austere, classical expressions of Indian culture. He then moved on to new art forms in the 1960s and 1970s, creating a series of family and art world portraits that achieved a remarkable balance between the formal demands of abstraction and the humanist aspects of representation. Will Barnet: A Timeless World is the first substantial publications to unify Barnet's prodigious output. Art historian Gail Stavitsky provides an overview of this artist's entire career. Twig Johnson, the museum's curator of Native American Art, discusses the relationship of Barnet's work to this important indigenous artistic tradition. Jessica Nicoll, chief curator at the Portland Museum of Art, explores the profound impact of New England upon Barnet and his work. Many of Barnet's works are beautifully reproduced in this catalog, containing 43 color and 20 black-and-white illustrations.
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Fair. Watermark on center bottom of back cover and back pages. This is a damaged book. May be ex-library, water-damaged, or spine creased/broken. Acceptable, Reading copy only, with writing/markings and heavy wear. Oversized.
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Signed by the artist on title page: "Nov 15, 2003 To Caroline-Warm Wishes. Will Barnet" with black pen. Folio softcover 12" tall. 124 pages. Clean. Tightly bound. Laid in is a pamplet called "A Conversation with Will Barnet"-the 17th Babson Memorial Lecture held on Nov. 15, 2003. Fine condition.
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Will Barnet. Near fine. 124 pages. Slim 4to, pictorial wrappers. Montclair: Montclair Art Museum, (2000). First edition. A near fine copy, inscribed in 2005 by an ederly Barnet in somewhat shaky hand.
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VG (May have slight edgewear. ) Color wraps. 124 pp. Numeorus color & bw plates. Issued in conjunction with a series of 2000-2001 exhibitions featuring selected works by American artist Will Barnet (1911-2012). With essays by Gail Stavietsky, Twig Johnson and Jessica Nicoll. Includes a chronology, bibliography, and exhibition history. Serves as a nice introduction to the artist.
