Jack Whitten : Jack's Jacks

Publication/Creation:

Berlin, Germany : Nationalgalerie, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin ; Munich, Germany : Prestel, [2019]

Format:

Book

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Additional/Related Title Information

Full Title:

Jack Whitten : Jack's Jacks / For the Nationalgalerie - Staatliche Museen zu Berlin edited by Udo Kittelmann, Sven Beckstette ; authors: Sven Beckstette [and 7 others].

Related/Included Titles:

Vorwort = Foreword /
Gefühl und Hoffnug = Emotion and Hope /
Die Bedeutung der Abstraktion erweitern = Extending the Meaning of Abstraction /
Das musikalische Auge von Jack Whitten = Jack Whitten's Musical Eye /
Brüderlichkeit = Brotherliness /
Two-Eyed Jack = Two-Eyed Jack /
Universell und zeitlos = Universal and Timeless /
Ausgewählte Schriften = Selected Writings /
Chronologie = Chronology --
Werkliste = List of Works.
Works. Selections.

Related Names

Additional Author/Creators:

Beckstette, Sven, writer of added text
Whitten, Jack, 1939-2018, artist
Whitten, Jack, 1939-2018. Works
Staatliche Museen Preussischer Kulturbesitz, issuing body, organizer, and host institution
Prestel Verlag, issuing body

Subjects/Genre

Genre:

Exhibition catalogs
Essays
Illustrated works

Subjects:

Whitten, Jack,1939-2018--Exhibitions
Whitten, Jack,1939-2018--Criticism and interpretation
Whitten, Jack,1939-2018--Themes, motives
Painting, Abstract--20th century--Exhibitions
Painting, Abstract--21st century--Exhibitions
African American art--United States--20th century--Exhibitions
African American art--United States--21st century--Exhibitions
African American artists--Alabama--20th century--Exhibitions
African American artists--Alabama--21st century--Exhibitions

Description/Summary

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.

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.

Language:

Multiple languages
German
English

Language Note:

Parallel texts in English and German.

Physical Type/Description:

237 pages : illustrations, portraits (chiefly color) ; 30 cm

Date/Time and Place of an Event:

"Jack Whitten: Jack's Jacks" : March 29-September 1, 2019, Hamburger Bahnhof, Museum für Gegenwart, Berlin, Germany.

Additional Identifiers

Catalog ID (MMSID):

9936971503402486

ISBN:

9783791358628
3791358626

OCLC Number:

1112503550

Other Identifiers:

International Article Number: 9783791358628

Barcode:

010003162846