Selected Texts and Interviews 1950-1994
Hrsg. v. Hans-Ulrich Obrist
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The artist, born in Chicago in 1922, is one of the leading postwar painters. Even in his earliest texts, he rejects the formalism of abstract expressionism and counters it with an activist, political approach to figurative painting. The texts in this book reflect Golub's belief in the task of the artist as reporter. They cover every phase of his work and bear witness to his unflinching commitment to the issues of his time. In addition to the texts themselves, the book also includes numerous statements by and interviews with the artist, illustrating his attitude to art and politics in the last ...
The artist, born in Chicago in 1922, is one of the leading postwar painters. Even in his earliest texts, he rejects the formalism of abstract expressionism and counters it with an activist, political approach to figurative painting. The texts in this book reflect Golub's belief in the task of the artist as reporter. They cover every phase of his work and bear witness to his unflinching commitment to the issues of his time. In addition to the texts themselves, the book also includes numerous statements by and interviews with the artist, illustrating his attitude to art and politics in the last four decades.Leon Golub, geboren 1922 in Chicago. gehört zu den führenden Malern der Nachkriegszeit. Bereits in seinen ersten Texten wendet sich der Künstler gegen den Formalismus des Abstrakten Expressionismus und setzt diesem eine aktivistische und politische Position figurativer Malerei entgegen. Diese Texte reflektieren die malerische Praxis des Künstlers als Reporter, sie begleiten sein Werk über alle Phasen. Außerden enthält das Buch zahlreiche Statesments und Interviews des Künstlers, die seine Gedanken zu Kunst und Politik der letzten vier Jahrzehnte vermitteln.