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Barbara Chase-Riboud Monumentale

The Bronzes
By Akili Tommasino and Stephanie Weissberg and Courtney J. Martin and Christophe Cherix
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Barbara Chase-Riboud Monumentale offers an insightful exploration of the life and works of the renowned artist Barbara Chase-Riboud. This book delves into her dynamic process of creating monumental sculptures and explores her contributions to art and culture. With illustrations and essays from art historians, it highlights her innovative sculptures and explores the impact of her creative legacy.
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You might enjoy this book if you are fascinated by the intersection of art and history, particularly through the lens of Barbara Chase-Riboud's monumental sculptures and mixed-media pieces. This book may appeal to those interested in exploring the powerful narratives and cultural significance encapsulated in her work, as well as understanding her impact on contemporary art.

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A new retrospective of the work of trailblazing artist Barbara Chase-Riboud

Barbara Chase-Riboud is a bestselling novelist, an award-winning poet, and a renowned visual artist whose sculpture and drawings are in museum collections around the world. Among her best-known sculptural work is the Malcolm X series of flowing cast bronze forms combined with braided fibre elements. Barbara Chase-Riboud Monumentale traces this pioneering artist's remarkable career from the 1950s to the present, providing the most comprehensive account of her important body of work to date.

The book features both celebrated and never-before-seen artworks that highlight Chase-Riboud's groundbreaking contributions to contemporary sculpture. In addition to some forty sculptures, the book presents nearly twenty works on paper, a selection of Chase-Riboud's poetry, and excerpts from an interview with the artist.

Exploring the many different aspects of Chase-Riboud's artistic practice, Barbara Chase-Riboud Monumentale provides unprecedented insights into her meditations on form, memory, and monument, while revealing the rich array of inspiration she has drawn from global art history and literature.

Published in association with the Pulitzer Arts Foundation.

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Barbara Chase-Riboud Monumentale is highly praised for its comprehensive portrayal of the artist's multifaceted talents, combining vivid illustrations of her sculptures and drawings with complete reprints of her poems. This artistic dialogue allows Chase-Riboud's visual and literary works to coexist harmoniously, highlighting the depth and range of her creative output. It has also been recognised by being shortlisted for the Alfred H. Barr Jr. Award.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780691244648

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 30 May 2023

Country: United States

Imprint: Princeton University Press

Illustration: 95 color + 10 b/w illus.

Contributors:

  • Contributions by Barbara Chase-Riboud
  • Contributions by Erin Jenoa Gilbert
  • Contributions by Reginald Jackson

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 229.0mm

Height: 305.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 192

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Akili Tommasino Arts & Culture Christophe Cherix Courtney J. Martin Non-Fiction Stephanie Weissberg

About the Author

Christophe Cherix is the Robert Lehman Foundation Chief Curator of Drawings and Prints at the Museum of Modern Art. Courtney J. Martin is the Paul Mellon Director of the Yale Center for British Art. Akili Tommasino is associate curator of modern and contemporary art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Stephanie Weissberg is curator at the Pulitzer Arts Foundation.

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