Shirley Jaffe.
Bernard Chauveau| N° d'inventaire | 26800 |
| Format | 18 x 28.5 |
| Détails | 264 p., numerous color illustrations, paperback. |
| Publication | Paris, 2022 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782363063137 |
An heir to Kandinsky and Matisse, Shirley Jaffe initially fell within the Abstract Expressionist movement, and her early paintings were brimming with great gestural energy; the bright colors were worked in broad brushstrokes. From the 1970s onward, her work opened up a more personal path; she abandoned gesture and material for colors circumscribed by a free geometry. The composition became more frontal, and the idea of chaos became a metaphor and a driving force for releasing solid blocks of disjointed color, planed down by an increasingly insinuating white "cement." Hospitable, Jaffe welcomed many young artists into her home, but she always remained secretive about her personal life and laconic about her feminist beliefs.
A rich iconography of Shirley Jaffe's works as well as previously unpublished archival photographs illustrates this monograph.
This book brings together texts by Frédéric Paul, curator of contemporary art at the Musée national d'art moderne, Svetlana Alpers, renowned American art historian, Claudine Grammont, director of the Musée Matisse in Nice, as well as an interview with the artist conducted by Robert Kushner.
An heir to Kandinsky and Matisse, Shirley Jaffe initially fell within the Abstract Expressionist movement, and her early paintings were brimming with great gestural energy; the bright colors were worked in broad brushstrokes. From the 1970s onward, her work opened up a more personal path; she abandoned gesture and material for colors circumscribed by a free geometry. The composition became more frontal, and the idea of chaos became a metaphor and a driving force for releasing solid blocks of disjointed color, planed down by an increasingly insinuating white "cement." Hospitable, Jaffe welcomed many young artists into her home, but she always remained secretive about her personal life and laconic about her feminist beliefs.
A rich iconography of Shirley Jaffe's works as well as previously unpublished archival photographs illustrates this monograph.
This book brings together texts by Frédéric Paul, curator of contemporary art at the Musée national d'art moderne, Svetlana Alpers, renowned American art historian, Claudine Grammont, director of the Musée Matisse in Nice, as well as an interview with the artist conducted by Robert Kushner.