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Jasper Johns: Gray (Art Institute of Chicago) | 
 enlarge | Authors: Douglas W. Druick, James Rondeau
Creators: Mark Pascale, Richard Shiff, Barbara Rose, Kelly Keegan, Kristin Lister, Nan Rosenthal
Publisher: Art Institute of Chicago
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 210618
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 320
Shipping Weight (lbs): 5.1
Dimensions (in): 12.6 x 9.8 x 1.1
ISBN: 0300119496
Dewey Decimal Number: 759.13
EAN: 9780300119497
ASIN: 0300119496
Publication Date: November 28, 2007
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Frans Hals had black; Jasper Johns has gray. May 9, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I hesitated before ordering this book. I already own 5 books about Jasper Johns and was thinking to myself that owning one more would not add much to my appreciation of this great artist. I was wrong. This book, the catalogue for an exhibition held at the Chicago Art Institute in 2007, is full of marvelous illustrations (of some recent works like the Catenary series) and brilliant essays on the importance of this most difficult of colors, gray, in the work of Johns. The quality of the illustrations is such that they enable the reader to see all the nuances of the artist's palette as if we were standing in front of the paintings (or drawings, or prints, as a matter of fact). In this respect, all the photographs were taken by the same photographer using one type of material only so as to show the works in the same light and shade. Johns's gray is like Hals's black: he has hundreds of different grays and the book reveals this perfectly.
Highly recommended.
A muct have for contemporary artists February 23, 2008
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
I have found this book most helpful. The articles written by the various contributors is worth the price alone. The illustrations are satisfactory as most of these works are about texture.This book will be a friend for a long time.
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