{"product_id":"frank-ohara-and-moma-by-matthew-holman-9781350398634","title":"Frank O’Hara and MoMA","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis is the first book to closely examine the curatorial work that the celebrated poet Frank O’Hara (1926-1966) undertook for the Museum of Modern Art in New York and abroad.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eUpon his premature death, the New York Times obituary ran with the headline: ‘Frank O’Hara, 40, Museum Curator \/ Exhibitions Aide at Modern Art Dies – Also a Poet’. However, in the half a century since, O’Hara’s fascinating career as a curator, where he oversaw exhibitions of the likes of Jackson Pollock, Helen Frankenthaler, David Smith, and Larry Rivers, among others, has been eclipsed by the critical attention given over to his poetry.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDrawing on a broad range of unpublished archival material, \u003cem\u003eFrank O’Hara and MoMA\u003c\/em\u003e reveals the impact O’Hara’s curatorial work had both on the reception of American modern art abroad and on the curatorial profession itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt focuses on his travelling exhibitions for MoMA’s International Program, a vehicle for soft power during the fraught years of the cultural Cold War, exposing him to new art, artists, and cities, while developing important transnational networks far from New York, from Madrid to Venice, Zagreb to Otterlo.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBringing together close readings of O’Hara’s poems and unpublished letters with a selection of archival illustrations, Holman argues for O’Hara’s sense of exuberant continuity between life as a writer and a curator, an American and a cosmopolitan – revealing that he was so much more besides the quintessential New York poet.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt is perfect reading for anyone interested in American art in the mid-20th century, curatorial and museum studies, or simply this lesser known but fascinating aspect of the legendary poet’s career.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47596436881644,"sku":"9781350398634","price":40.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/c55d604d1aec90383ee64f4fc24d5dd7.jpg?v=1777929180","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/frank-ohara-and-moma-by-matthew-holman-9781350398634","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}