Voulkos : the breakthrough years.

Peter Voulkos: The Breakthrough Years' is the first monograph in over 20 years on the artist Peter Voulkos. Covering the most prolific span of Voulkos career, from the early 1950s to the 1970s, this book includes both his well-known ceramic works as well as his largely overlooked paintings. While Vo...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Museum of Arts and Design (New York, N.Y.) (Host institution)
Renwick Gallery (Host institution)
Other Authors: Adamson, Glenn (Editor, Writer of added commentary)
Perchuk, Andrew (Editor, Writer of added commentary)
Gifford, Barbara Paris (Editor, Writer of added commentary)
Sorkin, Jenni (Writer of added commentary)
Voulkos, Peter, 1924-2002 (Writer of added commentary)
Melchert, Jim, 1930- (Writer of added commentary)
Neri, Ruby, 1970- (Writer of added commentary)
Heilmann, Mary, 1940- (Writer of added commentary)
Shechet, Arlene (Writer of added commentary)
Auther, Elissa (Writer of added commentary)
Language:English
Published: London : New York : Black Dog Publishing Limited ; Museum of Arts and Design, [2016]
Subjects:
Voulkos, Peter, > 1924-2002 > Exhibitions.
Voulkos, Peter, > 1924-2002.
Sculpture, American > 20th century > Exhibitions.
Sculpture, American.
1900-1999
Exhibition catalogs.
Genre:
Exhibitions.
Exhibition catalogs.
Physical Description:207 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 28 cm
Variant Title:
Breakthrough years
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Introduction / Glenn Adamson
  • List of lenders
  • Gender and rupture / Jenni Sorkin
  • 1957 juror's statement / Peter Voulkos
  • Out of clay / Andrew Perchuk
  • Remembering Voulkos / Jim Melchert, Ruby Neri
  • Back to black / Glenn Adamson
  • Remembering Voulkos / Mary Heilmann and Arlene Shechet
  • "Dump and death" / Elissa Auther
  • Thrown and painted: The exhibition plates / Barbara Paris Gifford.