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Matta in America: Paintings and Drawings of the 1940s [Hardcover]

Roberto Sebastian Matta Echaurren (Author)
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This catalogue focuses on work produced by the Chilean-born artist Roberto Sebastian Matta from 1939-1948 when he lived in exile in New York. Matta, who has spent most of his life living and working in Europe, occupies a unique and pivotal place in the history of American art of this period. Of all the surrealists in exile in New York during these years, Matta formed the closest links with American artists of his own generation and served as a catalytic force in communicating ideas about surrealist processes and relating to the development of a new language of abstract painting. "Matta in America" includes full-color illustrations of approximately twenty paintings and twenty drawings made during the artist's American sojourn. An essay tracing the development in the 1940s of Matta's work and highlighting his interactions with other artists of the period is complemented by an essay by art historian William Rubin. Originally written for the Centre Georges Pompidous's 1985 Matta monograph, Rubin's essential text, "Matta in the United States: A Personal Note," has never before been published in English.

Essays by Elizabeth A.T. Smith, Colette Dartnall and William Rubin, Foreword by Robert Fitzpatrick.

55 color.
10 x 11 in.

About the Author

Elizabeth A.T. Smith has been Chief Curator at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, since 1998. Previously, she was curator at The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, where she curated exhibitions and public programs in art and architecture since 1983. Her many noteworthy projects include co-curating "Cindy Sherman: Retrospective" and "At the End of the Century: One Hundred Years of Architecture".

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3.0 out of 5 stars 3rd rate Matta, July 27 2003
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This review is from: Matta in America: Paintings and Drawings of the 1940s (Hardcover)
Few of the works in this book are as good as the paintings that are reproduced in books about surrealism. Matta's work here seems more grungy and dull than the sleekly designed dreamscapes he is famous for. A lot of college fine art departments promote this kind of "process" painting that comes from abstract expressionism. Maybe I've been looking at too many commercial artists to enjoy the scribbly, meandering styles that were popular in the mid 20th century. The best Matta stuff is like the imagery you see behind your eyelids before falling asleep on a particularly magical night. Some of these paintings are pretty good, but a lot look like messy sketches.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Sad it's so hard to find much about Matta in print or Web, April 7 2002
This review is from: Matta in America: Paintings and Drawings of the 1940s (Hardcover)
It's incredible that it's so hard to find much useful (or visual) information about this great, great Chilean artists, both in print or even on the Web. Born in 1912, and originaly, an architect and former disciple of Le Corbusier, Matta went on to be recognized as a true genius of the Surrealist movement. His works can be seen in the Art Gallery of Ontario, Art Museum of the Americas, Washington D.C.; Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco; Toledo Museum of Art, Ohio; and Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, of his homeland Chile. Any book you find on him, get it: you will be delighted to discover his work!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Sad it's so hard to find much about Matta in print or Web, April 7 2002
By Manny Hernandez "@askmanny" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Matta in America: Paintings and Drawings of the 1940s (Hardcover)
It's incredible that it's so hard to find much useful (or visual) information about this great, great Chilean artists, both in print or even on the Web. Born in 1912, and originaly, an architect and former disciple of Le Corbusier, Matta went on to be recognized as a true genius of the Surrealist movement. His works can be seen in the Art Gallery of Ontario, Art Museum of the Americas, Washington D.C.; Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco; Toledo Museum of Art, Ohio; and Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, of his homeland Chile. Any book you find on him, get it: you will be delighted to discover his work!

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3.0 out of 5 stars Matta- Seldom Recognised Genius, July 27 2003
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Matta did huge paintings that combined the energy of Abstract Expressionism with the weirdness of Surrealism and a thorough knowledge of color, composition, form and perspective, yet this is the only book I have seen dedicated to him. It's not a big coffee-table book like he deserves, but the paintings look good. I would have preferred to see more paintings and fewer drawings.
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