- Hardcover: 157 pages
- Publisher: Madison Square Pr (November 1999)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0942604687
- ISBN-13: 978-0942604689
- Product Dimensions: 30.2 x 22.4 x 2.8 cm
- Shipping Weight: 1.2 Kg
- Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
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- #25 in Books > Arts & Photography > Schools, Periods & Styles > Realism
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"Prolifically illustrated, the book documents why Silverman' art is a kind of radical realism, as noted art historian Robert L. McGrath suggests in one of the essays. The pictures, accompanied by the artist's commentary, reveal how Silverman has moved beyond "self-reflexive formalism ... to investigate the nature of art as it applies to social concerns," as McGrath writes. The other essay focuses in the artist's depictions of women, describing how they represent more contemporary and meaningful depictions of the nude. Along with the artist's memoirs, the essays enhance what the readers can easily surmise from the pictures themselves: Silverman's body of work is a profound statement on the human condition. This exceptional volume is worthy of its subject." -- American Artist, April 1999
"Silverman's work is fiercely and resolutely representational, holding to a traditional background and aesthetic that flies in the face of the adherents and champions of modernism. Intensely personal, always masterful, Silvermans work is included in such collections as the Brooklyn Museum, the Philadelphia museum of Art the National Museum of American Art and the National Portrait Gallery." -- Art Times, March 1999
"The book is a retropsective of Burt's last 25 years of work and clearly shows the importance of this man to art history. The book with its 88 color plates is a feast for the art-loving eye. I found it to be one of the few art books that I can truly say I read from cover to cover. Like the man himself, it's articulate, well thought out and important in the context of how great representational artists fit in this 'modern art' century". -- Art Talk ,April May 1999
..his humanity and power of delineation is a lift to the spirit and an assurance that American art lives. -- Communication Arts. July 2000
Robert McGrath' essay.. is thought provoking. Anyone who enjoys realist painting will find this lovely volume eminently worth the cost. -- Bloomsbury Review , May 2000
"Silverman's work is fiercely and resolutely representational, holding to a traditional background and aesthetic that flies in the face of the adherents and champions of modernism. Intensely personal, always masterful, Silvermans work is included in such collections as the Brooklyn Museum, the Philadelphia museum of Art the National Museum of American Art and the National Portrait Gallery." -- Art Times, March 1999
"The book is a retropsective of Burt's last 25 years of work and clearly shows the importance of this man to art history. The book with its 88 color plates is a feast for the art-loving eye. I found it to be one of the few art books that I can truly say I read from cover to cover. Like the man himself, it's articulate, well thought out and important in the context of how great representational artists fit in this 'modern art' century". -- Art Talk ,April May 1999
..his humanity and power of delineation is a lift to the spirit and an assurance that American art lives. -- Communication Arts. July 2000
Robert McGrath' essay.. is thought provoking. Anyone who enjoys realist painting will find this lovely volume eminently worth the cost. -- Bloomsbury Review , May 2000
From the Inside Flap
The proximate end of the 20th century affords a unique occasion to consider the art of Burton Silverman. His art may be seen as a kind of radical realism by virtue of its continuing devotion to a humanist vision that has survived the modernist dogmas of the fifties, as well as the austere, impersonal canons of judgment imbedded in the “new realism” of the eighties. At once “old” and paradoxically “new,” his art relates to traditions of European and American realism while updating that legacy with acute perceptions of contemporary experience.
This artistic legacy, which includes such major precursors as Degas, Eakins and America’s greatest urban painter, Edward Hopper, has been consciously reconceptualized through paintings that synthesize representational imagery with a late 20th century sensibility regarding the frailty of human existence in a techno-urbanized world. He brings to his deliberately unexceptional subject matter time honored techniques of craftsmanship and patient observation. For Silverman, form remains inextricably linked to meaning. Asserting itself throughout his painting is the fluid brushwork and natural coloration that informs the eye while eliciting, alchemically, a compassionate understanding of the human condition. In the final analysis, it is Silverman’s unflinching vision, together with his creative rethinking of tradition, that constitutes his most defiant and enduring artistic contribution. --Prof. Robert L. McGrath, Dartmouth College
This book is a collection of the past 25 years of work by this universally respected painter, illustrator and teacher, who has been increasingly regarded as one of America’s important realist artists. With essays by Prof. Robert McGrath, Phillip Saietta and a memoir by the artist, this profusely illustrated monograph chronicles a career rich in depictions of life and equally rich in a panoply of ideas about art. Silverman’s memoir, “Odyssey,” offers observations about his work, his goals and his controversial views of the art world today. A full-color catalog of the exhibitions held at the Butler Institute of American Art and the Brigham Young Museum complements the text and provides the reader with a moveable feast of this artist’s work to which they can return again and again.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
One man's journey,
By n0s4a2 (Burbank, CA United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Sight & Insight: The Art of Burton Silverman (Hardcover)
Most people who would buy this book are already familiar with Burton Silverman's paintings. The book is no disappointment; the reproductions are large and sensitive to color nuances, on heavy paper, and there are a lot of them. There are short essays by Silverman about each painting which show an honest, contemplative mind at work. It's not a how-to book; there's no pedantic bloviating, just a humble, intelligent man describing the circumstances behind each picture. At first I pegged Silverman as one of those East Coast types who paint their Greenwich Village friends sitting still with expressionless faces and vacant stares. It all seemed too academic, lacking action and vigor, like most modern art. But his understanding of color and composition is undeniable, and the personalities he depicts grow on you. They are of the type of person who can be found in artist's lofts, in front of Folger's coffee cans full of paintbrushes, wearing sweaters and spectacles, New York academics and intellectuals who go to poetry readings, listen to Public Radio, and fret about the fate of the Rosenbergs. He's a world traveller, so he has other types of people, too, but he seems to know all of them personally, and doesn't just paint anonymous models. Though his work is a little tame compared to the kind of entertainment industry stuff I'm interested in, commercial illustrators could learn a lot from Silverman's penetrating eye and calm, balanced judgement.
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The least helpful (No. 2) review from me.,
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This review is from: Sight & Insight: The Art of Burton Silverman (Hardcover)
Just a few lines (as I chose to write below) to be an 'unhelpful' review.My fingers wiggle when seeing the drawings. My nerve cells tingle trying to process/digest/analyze color combinations in the paintings, and half of me trying to get off the chair and get to the easel to "mix 'em colors". Some body, catch me! I am falling... in love.
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Masterful Artist and Brilliant Works....,
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This review is from: Sight & Insight: The Art of Burton Silverman (Hardcover)
You will have to admire the works of Burt Silverman presented in this well designed compilation of his work. I have followed his work for years and he's just one of those magical craftsmen that makes me just shake my head in wonder when I see what he can do with a paint brush. He is certainly one of the best artist of our age. If you love art in the realist format, you will be well pleased with this book and with Mr. Silverman's work. This one is a "keeper".
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