Stanley Whitney

Stanley Whitney

By Matthew Jeffrey Abrams

£49.99

Publication Date: 3rd September 2020


  • Acknowledgements of Stanley Whitney's considerable artistic achievements are gaining momentum from his election to the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 2017 to this, the first monograph on his work 
Since the mid-1970s, American painter Stanley Whitney has been exploring the formal possibilities of colour within grids of multi-coloured blocks. Matthew Jeffrey Abrams's thoughtful book, the first full monograph on the artist, highlights Whitney's unique and sophisticated understanding of line and colour and his commitment to abstract painting over four decades of consistent practice. Abrams brings together Whitney's personal and professional narratives to weave a chronological analysis of the work and the artist's wider cultural contribution.

Born in Philadelphia in 1946, Whitney ... Read More
Format: Hardcover
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  • Acknowledgements of Stanley Whitney's considerable artistic achievements are gaining momentum from his election to the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 2017 to this, the first monograph on his work 
Since the mid-1970s, American painter Stanley Whitney has been exploring the formal possibilities of colour within grids of multi-coloured blocks. Matthew Jeffrey Abrams's thoughtful book, the first full monograph on the artist, highlights Whitney's unique and sophisticated understanding of line and colour and his commitment to abstract painting over four decades of consistent practice. Abrams brings together Whitney's personal and professional narratives to weave a chronological analysis of the work and the artist's wider cultural contribution.

Born in Philadelphia in 1946, Whitney ... Read More