Research Catalog

Title

Francesco Clemente / Derek Walcott.

Author

Clemente, Francesco, 1952-

Publication

Milano : Charta ; New York : Deitch Projects, 2009.

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Additional Authors

• Walcott, Derek
• Deitch Projects.

Description

[32] p. : col. ill., col. ports.; 22 x 31 cm.

Summary

"Francesco Clemente's new Three Rainbows project had a prolonged gestation; for years he had wanted to use watercolor and to paint rainbows, but only recently did the moment ripen. Three Rainbows began as three 60-foot long rainbow paintings - probably the largest watercolors ever made. For Clemente, whose attraction to given forms (such as the mandala) has long formed an integral part of his iconography, the rainbow suggests a number of important interpretations: it is a bridge (and therefore a structure that brings things together), a phenomenon that occurs after a period of darkness (Clemente's works of recent years had darkened noticeably) and a reversible image capable of leading the eye in opposite directions. The artist's affinity for watercolor derives in part from the medium's immediacy--an ideal vehicle for Allen Ginsberg's "first thought, best thought" - and these works betray his spontaneity and joy in making them"--Artbook.

Alternative Title

History of the heart in three rainbows

Subject

• Clemente, Francesco, 1952- > Exhibitions
• Watercolorists > Exhibitions

Genre/Form

Exhibition catalogs

Note

• "Published on the occasion of the exhibition, Francesco Clemente: A history of the heart in three rainbows, May 2-May 30, 2009, Deitch Projects, New York"--Colophon.
• Essay by Derek Walcott.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

ISBN

• 9788881587452
• 8881587459

OCLC

• 326569678
• SCSB-10063263

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library