Research Catalog

Title

The pursuit of art : travels, encounters and revelations / Martin Gayford.

Author

Gayford, Martin, 1952-

Publication

• London ; New York : Thames and Hudson, 2019.
• ©2019

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Details

Description

192 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour), portraits; 22 cm

Summary

• "Critic, author, and art pilgrim Martin Gayford recounts some of the many journeys he has made in the course of a lifetime in pursuit of art."--Page 4 of cover.
• "One of our leading art critics and writers, Martin Gayford, recounts his travels and meetings with the world's greatest artists. In the course of a career thinking and writing about art, critic Martin Gayford has traveled all over the world both to see works of art and to meet artists. Gayford's journeys, often to fairly inaccessible places, involve frustrations and complications, but also serendipitous encounters and outcomes, which he makes as much a part of the story as the final destination. In chapters that are by turns humorous, intriguing, and stimulating, Gayford takes us to places as varied as Brancusi's Endless Column in Romania; prehistoric caves in France; the museum island of Naoshima in Japan; the Judd Foundation in Marfa, Texas; and an exhibition of Roni Horn's work in Iceland. Interwoven with these tales are journeys to meet artists--Henri Cartier-Bresson in Paris, Marina Abramović in Venice, Robert Rauschenberg in New York--and travels with artists, such as a trip to Beijing with Gilbert & George. These encounters not only provide fascinating insights into the way artists approach and think about their art, but reveal the importance of their personal environments. A perceptive, amusing, and knowledgeable companion, [here] Gayford takes readers on a tour of art that is immensely entertaining, informative, and eminently readable."--Provided by publisher.

Subjects

• Gayford, Martin, 1952- > Travel
• Artists > Attitudes
• TRAVEL > Museums, Tours, Points of Interest
• History
• Travel
• Historic sites
• Travel writing
• Art appreciation
• Art > History

Genre/Form

• History.
• Travel writing.

Note

• Includes index.

Contents

• Being there -- Predecessors, rivals, successors -- Art and landscapes -- Way out East -- Slow and fast looking -- Chance and necessity.
• BEING THERE. A long drive to infinity: Brancusi's endless column ; In the land of the Dancing Lord ; An audience with Marina Abramović -- PREDECESSORS, RIVALS, SUCCESSORS. Cro-Magnon days (and nights) ; Jenny Saville: the moment when a wave breaks ; The Sistine Chapel: judgment and revelations ; Jenny Holzer and Leonardo's lady -- ART AND LANDSCAPES. Roni Horn: changeable weather in Iceland ; Sublime minimalism in Marfa, Texas ; Descent into Anselm Kiefer's underworld -- WAY OUT EAST. In Beijing with Gilbert & George ; Naoshima: a modernist Treasure Island ; Travelling in Chinese mountains -- SLOW AND FAST LOOKING. Henri Cartier-Bresson: it's the intensity that counts ; Ellsworth Kelly: nourishing the eye ; Robert Frank: it changes all the time -- CHANCE AND NECESSITY. Gerhard Richter: chance does it better than I can ; Robert Rauschenberg: a turtle in the elevator ; Desperately seeking Lorenzo Lotto.

Call Number

JQD 19-419

ISBN

• 9780500094112
• 050009411X

LCCN

2019932284

OCLC

1108698691

Author

Gayford, Martin, 1952- author.

Title

The pursuit of art : travels, encounters and revelations / Martin Gayford.

Publisher

London ; New York : Thames and Hudson, 2019.

Copyright Date

©2019

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Research Call Number

JQD 19-419