Research Catalog

Title

June Leaf : thought is infinite / with an essay by Carter E. Foster and a text by Clara Rojas-Sebesta ; photographs by Alice Attie.

Author

Leaf, June, 1929-

Publication

Göttingen, Germany : Steidl Verlag, 2016.

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Additional Authors

• Foster, Carter E.
• Rojas-Sebesta, Clara
• Attie, Alice, 1950-
• Whitney Museum of American Art host institution.

Description

277 pages : color illustrations, color portraits; 26 cm

Summary

June Leaf's body of work - one built over nearly seven decades - belongs within a long tradition of visionary figures, from William Blake and Francisco Goya to James Ensor and Odilon Redon. Like these innovative predecessors, and fusing elements of both Expressionism and Surrealism, Leaf creates representational imagery with an intense subjectivity and personal symbolist vision. Leaf's fundamental interest in metamorphosis and states of becoming as subjects is paralleled in her working process. As imaginary as the artist's world is, her practice is deeply corporeal, materially rich, and firmly rooted the in physicality of the objects and mediums she uses. Leaf tends to work daily, driven by instinct and intuition. She sometimes invents new themes and motifs, but these often arise organically out of older ones, and the array of subjects she?s developed over the years remain close and ready for revisiting or adapting.

Alternative Title

Thought is infinite

Subject

• Leaf, June, 1929- > Exhibitions
• Leaf, June, 1929-
• Painting, American > 20th century

Genre/Form

• Exhibition catalogs
• Exhibition catalogs.

Note

• "Published on occasion of the exhibition 'June Leaf: Thought is Infinite', Whitney Museum of American Art, April 27-July 17, 2016"--Colophon.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Thought is infinite / Carter E. Foster -- Studio photographs / Alice Attie -- Work / June Leaf ; reproductions by Alice Attie -- Drawing as sculpture / Clara Rojas-Sebasta.

ISBN

• 9783958291027
• 3958291023

OCLC

950965556

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library