Wolf Kahn
Wolf Kahn was born 1927 BirthStuttgart, Germany.
Lives and works in HomeChicago, USA.
Categories: Painting Printmakers
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The renowned American colorist Wolf Kahn (b. Germany 1927) has been at the forefront of a movement that combines the freedom and immediacy of abstract expressionism with the solid ground of realism. His bold, luminous paintings and pastels never trade subtlety for vigor: looking at a Kahn landscape, one can get lost in its blazing colors or in its evocation of the real world. Kahn finds the wonder concealed in the ordinary and brings us deep into a multisensory reverie on the nature of place.
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Documents of Contemporary Art. Utopias: Throughout its diverse manifestations, the utopian entails two related but contradictory elements: the aspiration to a better world, and the acknowledgment that its form may only ever live in our imaginations. Furthermore, we are as haunted by the failures of utopian enterprise as we are inspired by the desire to repair the failed and build the new... |
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South African Art Now. South African Art Now documents, through in-depth essays and stunning full-color photographs, the remarkable work of nearly one hundred South African artists working in every medium from painting, sculpture, and video to cutting-edge performance art. This lush volume includes the impressive work of art world stars such as William Kentridge and Marlene Dumas; newly prominent artists such as Berni Searle, Robin Rhode, and Mustafa Maluka; and exciting newcomers still unknown outside their own country, but clearly marked for success... |
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James Rosenquist. Painting Below Zero: Notes on a Life in Art. “Frank, funny, truthful, ironic and in every way an entertaining account of one major American artist’s involvement in an art movement that interests everyone–and, more than that, of his own character. Jim Rosenquist is a true American original and his book ought to be read by anyone who wants to understand the last half-century of his country’s visual culture, high, low, and in between.” –Robert Hughes, amazon |
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