Carther Ratcilff, Author, Carter Ratcliff, Author, Carter Ratcilff, Author Farrar Straus Giroux $35 (0p) ISBN 978-0-374-15381-6
Ratcliff (Andy Warhol) argues that Pollock's drip paintings, created with paint flung onto canvasses, evoke a uniquely American ""sense of limitless possibility"" because they ""draw the imagination into a region of boundless space."" In this...
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Kwang Young Chun, John C. Welchman, and Carter Ratcliff. Skira/Rizzoli, $50 (180p) ISBN 978-0-8478-4254-4
This weighty monograph spans South Korea–born artist Chun’s impressive 40-year career. Educated both in South Korea and at the Philadelphia College of Art, Chun quickly became ensconced in the American art scene of the late ’60s and was especially...
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Ratcliff, Author, Carter Ratcliff, Author Rizzoli International Publications $75 (410p) ISBN 978-0-8478-0753-6
Imagine Picasso's circus performers, Dali's erotic hallucinations, Arp's biomorphs and Braque's cubist inventions all colliding in the same dimension. The result might be similar to the strange world of Spanish artist Jorge Castillo. His paintings...
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Carter Ratcliff, Author, Robert Rosenblum, Author, Bruce Wolmer, Editor Anthony D'Offay Gallery $35 (63p) ISBN 978-0-9635649-0-0
In their paintings, sculptures, photo-pieces and performances, the British duo Gilbert & George have proven themselves witty, subversive social commentators. This oversize, profusely illustrated album documents The Singing Sculpture , a performance...
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