Research Catalog

Title

Harvey Quaytman : against the static / edited by Apsara DiQuinzio ; with contributions by Gregory Amenoff, William Corbett, Suzanne Hudson, Lauren R. O'Connell, Harvey Quaytman, R.H. Quaytman, and John Yau.

Publication

[Berkeley, California] : University of California Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive ; Oakland, California : Published in association with University of California Press, [2018]

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Details

Additional Authors

• DiQuinzio, Apsara
• Quaytman, Harvey, 1937-2002.
• Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, issuing body, host institution

Description

175 pages : illustrations (chiefly color); 29 cm

Summary

"Harvey Quaytman's paintings are distinct for their inventive, whimsical exploration of shape, meticulous attention to surface texture, and experimental application of color. While his works display a rigorous commitment to formalism, they are simultaneously invested with rich undertones of sensuality, decorativeness, and humor--expressed, too, in his playful poetic titles, such as A Street Called Straight and Kufikind. Although Quaytman (1937-2002) made a unique contribution to the history of painting, his work has not yet received the acclaim and attention it deserves; thus, it is overdue for comprehensive institutional consideration. The exhibition at the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, including approximately 75 paintings and 25 drawings, will demonstrate the arc of Quaytman's oeuvre, from his radically curvilinear canvases of the late 1960s and 1970s, to his exploration of geometric abstraction in the 1980s, and finally to his serene cruciform canvases of the 1990s"--Provided by publisher.

Alternative Title

Against the static

Subject

• Quaytman, Harvey, 1937-2002 > Exhibitions
• Quaytman, Harvey, 1937-2002
• 1900-1999
• Painting, American > 20th century > Exhibitions
• Painting, American

Genre/Form

Exhibition catalogs.

Note

• "Published on the occasion of the exhibition Harvey Quaytman: Against the Static, organized and presented by the University of California Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive."

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Harvey Quaytman's arc : against the static / Apsara Diquinzio -- HQ of my mind / R. H. Quaytman -- The opposite of irony / Suzanne Hudson -- Picture and sound : Harvey Quaytman's titles / John Yau -- Reflections on an "Art soldier" : a conversation between Gregory Amenoff and William Corbett -- Ten thoughts on color / Harvey Quaytman -- Dr. Kremer's magic powders : a color glossary for Harvey Quaytman / Lauren R. O'Connell.

Call Number

JQF 18-1936

ISBN

• 9780520294431
• 0520294432

LCCN

2018019703

OCLC

1029797102

Title

Harvey Quaytman : against the static / edited by Apsara DiQuinzio ; with contributions by Gregory Amenoff, William Corbett, Suzanne Hudson, Lauren R. O'Connell, Harvey Quaytman, R.H. Quaytman, and John Yau.

Publisher

[Berkeley, California] : University of California Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive ; Oakland, California : Published in association with University of California Press, [2018]

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Chronological Term

1900-1999

Added Author

DiQuinzio, Apsara, editor.

Container of (work): Quaytman, Harvey, 1937-2002. Works. Selections (DiQuinzio)

Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, issuing body, host institution.

Research Call Number

JQF 18-1936