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Manny Farber : paintings and writings

Title
Manny Farber : paintings and writings / edited by Michael Almereyda, Jonathan Lethem, and Robert Polito.
Author
Farber, Manny
Publication
  • Los Angeles : Hat & Beard Press, 2019.
  • ©2019

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Additional Authors
  • Almereyda, Michael
  • Lethem, Jonathan
  • Polito, Robert, 1951-
Description
278 pages : illustrations (chiefly color); 29 cm
Summary
"An iconoclastic and essential voice in American film criticism, Manny Farber (1927-2008) was also a remarkably resourceful painter. This book celebrates Farber's lush visual art, showcasing his table-top still lifes crammed with personal associations, pop artifacts, and scrawled wisecracks--a series of intimate yet indirect self-portraits, spanning decades. Samples of Farber's sly, brash art criticism, previously uncollected, are offered alongside film reviews, manuscript pages, school quizzes, and notes. The book's editors provide essays and additional commentary; tribute and analysis are supplied by nearly two dozen other contributors, including Richard Armstrong, Olivier Assayas, Bill Berkson, Durga Chew-Bose, Anne Boyer, Moyra Davey, Josephine Halvorson, JP Gorin, Greil Marcus, Carol Mavor, Patricia Patterson, Chris Petit, Amanda Petrusich, Kelly Reichardt, Jonathan Rosenbaum, Luc Sante, Robert Storr, Gina Telaroli, Wim Wenders, Robert Walsh, and Alice Waters." --Amazon.com.
Alternative Title
Paintings and writings
Subject
  • Farber, Manny > Criticism and interpretation
  • Farber, Manny
  • 1900-1999
  • Painting, American > 20th century
  • Film critics > United States > 20th century
  • Authors, American > 20th century
  • Authors, American
  • Film critics
  • Painting, American
  • United States
Genre/Form
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Surface, depth, flow / Luc Sante -- Manny Farber (1917-2008) / Chris Petit -- The unswept floor / Bill Berkson -- Mapping/Painting / Josephine Halvorson -- Surface funk / Kelly Reichardt -- PAINTINGS I: American candy and American stationery. -- Director's cuts: movies to paintings / Robert Polito -- Junk, flowers, words / Richard Armstrong -- PAINTINGS II: Abstractions. -- A Farber Dossier 1: On art : Pulling all wires ; 83-year tantrum ; Mexican master ; The art of contrast ; Piet Mondrian ; Jackson Pollock ; Comic strips ; Art -- Drive, he said / Greil Marcus -- A Farber Dossier 2: On film : The hero ; In the street ; Samuel Fuller -- Looking down / Anne Boyer -- Termite footprints / Jonathan Lethem -- PAINTINGS III: Auteur series. -- "Thank God I'm still an atheist" / Jonathan Rosenbaum -- "Have a chew on me" / Gina Telaroli -- "Keep blaming everyone" / Patrick Amos and Jean-Pierre Gorin -- Nix / Jonathan Rosenbaum -- All aboard! / Robert Storr -- Domestic movies / Durga Chew-Bose -- Manny Farber and Patricia Patterson / interviewed by Richard Thompson -- Hybrid / Robert Walsh -- Smack-dab / Carol Mavor -- PAINTINGS IV: Later paintings. -- Manny Farber: what remains of cinema / Olivier Assayas -- Four T.A.s / Moyra Davey -- What students say / Amanda Petrusich -- Reset the clocks / Jean-Pierre Gorin -- A way to live / Alice Waters -- Termite deluxe / Michael Almereyda -- A Farber Dossier 3: Class quizzes & notes -- Late autumn / Patricia Patterson.
ISBN
  • 1732056102
  • 9781732056107
OCLC
  • on1108318838
  • SCSB-9686129
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library