Painting in the 1980s

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Reimagining the Medium

By Rosemary Cohane Erpf

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Painting in the 1980s explores the major painters of the decade and the diverse artistic movements that arose. It analyses how painting embodied the era's spirit through original fusions of style and content, moving beyond reductive labels like New Image Painting, Neo-Expressionism, and Postmodernism. The book examines the unique styles and complex themes of individual artists, offering insight accessible to novices and specialists alike.
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Ideal for art historians, students, curators, and enthusiasts interested in late 20th-century art, as well as readers seeking an accessible yet detailed study of 1980s painting movements and artists.

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Explores the major painters of the 1980s.

This book is the first to explore major painters of the 1980s in depth and to analyse the factors that shaped art from the period. Accessible to both novice and specialist, Painting in the 1980s details where and how painting embodied the zeitgeist in original fusions of style and content.

Gallerists, curators, and art historians assigned labels such as New Image Painting, Neo-Expressionism, Italian Transavanguardia, Neo-Geo, and the blanket designation of Postmodernism to categorise painting in this era, yet these classifications denote a false sense of homogeneity.

This book’s narrative aims to excavate and analyse the art and ideas that shaped each artist’s style and their diverse and often ambiguous content.

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Critics praise Rosemary Erpf's empathetic and insightful approach to the 1980s art scene. Dominic van den Boogerd highlights the book’s ability to dispel notions of homogeneity, emphasising its human perspective on artists' work. Eleanor Nairne regards it as a vital companion to understanding this resurgent decade in painting, featuring close analyses and interviews with key figures.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781789385571

Publisher: Intellect

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 26 August 2022

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Intellect Books

Edition: New edition

Illustration: 104 Plates, color

Audience: General / adult, Professional and scholarly

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Width: 170.0mm

Height: 244.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 200

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Arts & Culture Non-Fiction Rosemary Cohane Erpf

About the Author

Rosemary Cohane Erpf, Ph.D. is a teacher, gallerist, curator, and consultant in modern and contemporary art. She has been a professor of art history at The School of Visual Arts, NYC; Long Island University Brookville, NY; and Savannah College of Art & Design, Atlanta, GA.