Agnes Martin -Painting, Writings, Remembrances - Book

Agnes Martin -Painting, Writings, Remembrances, a detailed and sometimes humorous description of the career of Agnes Martin, accompanied by copied personal letters.

The only complete career retrospective of this visionary painter, including all her most iconic works, which are prized for their exquisite visual poetry, together with personal letters and facsimiles, reprinted in Martin's own hand, adding intimacy to this classic bookAgnes Martin's career spanned over seven decades, with a profile that has skyrocketed since the 2015-17 major exhibition at Tate Modern, London that travelled globally to great acclaim. Though a major influence on Minimalist painters, Martin saw her own work more closely related to Abstract Expressionism, her paintings being meditations on innocence, beauty, happiness and love. This much-anticipated reissue of Martin's exhibition manager and close friend Arne Glimcher's highly-acclaimed book presents 130 of her paintings and drawings alongside her previously unpublished writings and lecture notes. Glimcher's illuminating introduction, his personal memories of visits to Martin at her studio, and their correspondence throughout her career, reveal many insights into the artist's life and work.

Having read this book myself, and being a huge admirer of Agnes Martin, I recommend this book to anyone who is deeply invested into understanding the layers that go into the work of an artist.