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Barbara Takenaga

Title
Barbara Takenaga / curated by Debra Bricker Balken.
Publication
  • Williamstown, Massachusetts : Williams College, Museum of Art ; Munich, Germany ; London, England ; New York, New York : Delmonico Books, Prestel, 2017.
  • ©2017.

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Additional Authors
  • Balken, Debra Bricker
  • Takenaga, Barbara
  • Shepard, Jim
  • Young, Geoffrey, 1944-
  • Williams College. Museum of Art, host institution, publisher, issuing body.
  • Prestel Verlag, publisher.
Description
143 pages : color illustrations; 29 cm
Summary
At once conceptual and decorative, Barbara Takenaga's swirling, patterned paintings have been called "psychedelic" and "cosmic." Takenaga's approach to painting is both highly structured and disciplined. In this collection of seventy paintings, the evolution of Takenaga's celestial bodies and ecstatic compositions is traced over a 20-year period. The luminous reproductions allow readers to study her intricacies of form and color. The book includes an essay that examines Takenaga's work in relation to historic precedents and current aesthetic developments; a brief consideration of Takenaga's career by novelist Jim Shepard; and a poem by Geoffrey Young.
Subject
  • Takenaga, Barbara > Exhibitions
  • Takenaga, Barbara
  • 2000-2099
  • Psychedelic art > United States > 21st century > Exhibitions
  • Painting, Abstract > 21st century > Exhibitions
  • Women artists > United States > 21st century > Exhibitions
  • Painting, Abstract
  • Psychedelic art
  • Women artists
  • United States
Genre/Form
  • Exhibition catalogs.
  • Illustrated works.
Note
  • Catalog of the exhibition held at Williams College, Museum of Art, October 5, 2017-January 28, 2018.
  • Primarily acrylic paintings on wood panel or linen.
Bibliography (note)
  • Selected bibliography: (pages 138-142)
Language (note)
  • Text in English.
Contents
The way of the dot / Debra Bricker Balken -- Self-effacement and the sublime / Jim Shepard -- Horizon lines / Geoffrey Young -- Plates -- Checklist -- Biography.
Call Number
JQF 18-494
ISBN
  • 9783791357003
  • 379135700X
LCCN
2017941023
OCLC
982089506
Title
Barbara Takenaga / curated by Debra Bricker Balken.
Publisher
Williamstown, Massachusetts : Williams College, Museum of Art ; Munich, Germany ; London, England ; New York, New York : Delmonico Books, Prestel, 2017.
Copyright Date
©2017.
Type of Content
text
still image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Selected bibliography: (pages 138-142)
Event
"Barbara Takenaga" : October 5, 2017-January 28, 2018, Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, Massachusetts, United States.
Language
Text in English.
Chronological Term
2000-2099
Place of Publication
United States Massachusetts Berkshire Williamstown.
Germany Bavaria Munich.
United Kingdom England London.
United States New York New York.
Added Author
Balken, Debra Bricker, curator.
Takenaga, Barbara, artist.
Shepard, Jim, writer of added commentary.
Young, Geoffrey, 1944- writer of added commentary.
Williams College. Museum of Art, host institution, publisher, issuing body.
Prestel Verlag, publisher.
Research Call Number
JQF 18-494
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