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John McLaughlin paintings : total abstraction

Title
John McLaughlin paintings : total abstraction / edited by Stephanie Barron and Lauren Bergman ; with contributions by Stephanie Barron, Lauren Bergman, Tony Berlant, Michael Duncan, Russell Ferguson, and Ilene Susan Fort.
Publication
Munich ; London ; New York : DelMonico Books, Prestal ; Los Angeles : Los Angeles County Museum of Art, [2016]

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Additional Authors
  • Barron, Stephanie, 1950-
  • Bergman, Lauren
  • McLaughlin, John, 1898-1976.
  • Berlant, Anthony
  • Duncan, Michael, 1953-
  • Ferguson, Russell
  • Fort, Ilene Susan
  • Los Angeles County Museum of Art, organizer, host institution
Description
143 pages : illustrations (chiefly color); 28 cm
Summary
"This long-overdue retrospective book on a pioneer of West Coast abstraction considers John McLaughlin's body of work and his unique influence on the Los Angeles postwar art scene. For decades before his death in 1976, John McLaughlin steadily produced some of the most fascinating paintings coming out of Southern California. Minimal geometric abstractions characterized by clean lines, bold colors, and flat, intersecting forms, McLaughlin's paintings investigate symmetry and composition, and are largely informed by the Japanese notion of ma-the special emptiness between forms. Generously illustrated with more than 80 images, the book features reproductions of the self-taught artist's works and celebrates their simple beauty and precision. In addition, insightful essays explore McLaughlin's relative obscurity in the pantheon of 20th-century American artists, his influence on contemporaries and later artists, and the role of Asian art and philosophy in McLaughlin's practice."--
Subjects
Genre/Form
Exhibition catalogs.
Note
  • "Published in conjunction with the exhibition John McLaughlin Paintings: Total Abstraction at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California (November 13, 2016-April 16, 2017)."
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Call Number
JQF 17-208
ISBN
  • 9783791355603 (hardback)
  • 3791355600 (hardback)
LCCN
2016024522
OCLC
946481661
Title
John McLaughlin paintings : total abstraction / edited by Stephanie Barron and Lauren Bergman ; with contributions by Stephanie Barron, Lauren Bergman, Tony Berlant, Michael Duncan, Russell Ferguson, and Ilene Susan Fort.
Publisher
Munich ; London ; New York : DelMonico Books, Prestal ; Los Angeles : Los Angeles County Museum of Art, [2016]
Type of Content
still image
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Added Author
Barron, Stephanie, 1950- editor.
Bergman, Lauren, editor.
McLaughlin, John, 1898-1976. Paintings. Selections.
Berlant, Anthony, contributor.
Duncan, Michael, 1953- contributor.
Ferguson, Russell, contributor.
Fort, Ilene Susan, contributor.
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, organizer, host institution.
Research Call Number
JQF 17-208
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