Research Catalog

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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Details

Additional Authors

• Takenaga, Barbara
• Balken, Debra Bricker
• 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.

Subjects

• Psychedelic art
• Exhibition catalogs
• Illustrated works
• United States
• Women artists > United States > 21st century > Exhibitions
• Painting, Abstract > 21st century > Exhibitions
• Psychedelic art > United States > 21st century > Exhibitions
• Takenaga, Barbara > Exhibitions

Genre/Form

• exhibition catalogs.
• illustrated books.
• Exhibition catalogs
• Illustrated works
• Exhibition catalogs.
• Illustrated works.
• Catalogues d'exposition.
• Ouvrages illustrés.

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)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 138-142)

Event (note)

• "Barbara Takenaga"

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.

ISBN

• 9783791357003
• 379135700X

LCCN

2017941023

OCLC

• ocn982089506
• 982089506
• SCSB-8943672

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library