Lives of the artists

Resource Information

The work Lives of the artists represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Newburyport Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

Label

Lives of the artists

Statement of responsibility

Calvin Tomkins

Creator

• Tomkins, Calvin, 1925-

Subject

• Art, Modern -- 20th century
• Artists -- Biography -- History and criticism

Genre

• Biography

Language

eng

Summary

In Lives of the Artists ten major artists are captured in Tomkins's cool and ironic style to record the new directions art is taking during these days of limitless freedom. As formal technique and rigorous training continue to fall away, art has become an approach to living. As the author says, "the lives of contemporary artists are today so integral to what they make that the two cannot be considered in isolation." Among the artists profiled are Jeff Koons and Damien Hirst, the reigning heirs of deliberately outrageous art that feeds off the allegedly corrupting influences of capitalist glut and entertainment; Matthew Barney of the pregenital obsessions; Cindy Sherman, who manages multiple transformations as she disappears into her own work; and Julian Schnabel, who has forged a second career as award-winning film director. Tomkins shows that the making of art remains among the most demanding jobs on earth.--From publisher description

Biography type

collective biography

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

700.92

Index

index present

LC call number

N6489

LC item number

.T66 2008

Literary form

non fiction