The heroine Paint: After Frankenthaler

Synopsis

Taking Helen Frankenthaler's 1950s New York debut as its starting point, The heroine Paint: After Frankenthaler, a new publication edited by Katy Siegel, follows Frankenthaler's own painting over the years, expanding its focus to include the immediate social and artistic context of Frankenthaler's work, as well as tracing artistic currents as they move outwards in different directions over the decades. The book collects six scholarly essays, six short texts from contemporary artists, and reprints of historical writing, interweaving these voices with a visual chronology that locates key works from performances, publications, and cultural ephemera from over seven decades.--Publisher description. Introduction -- Visual chronology -- 1950s: A debut & the Tibor de Nagy Gallery -- 1960s: Color field & its influence -- 1960s-1970s: Feminist art -- 1970s-1980s: The men's room -- 1980s-1990s: Bad girls -- 2000-present: Contemporary art. edited by Katy Siegel ; new essays by Daniel Belasco [and five others] ; artist statements by Carroll Dunham [and five others] ; visual chronology by Liz Hirsch. Includes bibliographical references (pages 268-269).