Agnes Martin

[catalogue of an exhibition at the] Waddington Galleries, [5 February -1 March] 1986.

by Agnes Martin

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Published 1986 by Waddington Galleries in London .
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Edition Notes

Contributions	Waddington Galleries.
ID Numbers
Open Library	OL18315406M

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The critically acclaimed, indispensible illustrated monograph on Agnes Martin, published to accompany the major retrospective exhibition organized by the Tate and on view in at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and the Guggenheim. Directors' foreword and acknowledgments --Introduction / Tiffany Bell and Frances Morris --Happiness is the goal / Tiffany Bell --Agnes Martin: innocence and experience / Frances Morris --Islands no. 4, c / Christina Bryan Rosenberger --The islands, / Richard Tobin --Morning, / Rachel Barker --In pursuit of the neutral: Agnes.

Agnes Martin-Lugand After six years as a clinical psychologist, Agnès Martin-Lugand now devotes herself to writing full-time. She is also the author of Happiness Slips Through My Fingers (Entre mes mains le bonheur se faufile) and the sequel to Happy People, Don’t Worry, Life Is Easy (La vie est facile, ne t'inquiète pas). "No other book on Agnes Martin has been researched as thoroughly and honestly as Agnes Martin: Painter, Poet, Icon. Its sensitive and poetic nature makes it a must read for those truly interested in understanding the artist." —Jina Brenneman, Curator, "Agnes Martin: Before The . Below is Agnes Martin's essay, "Beauty is the Mystery of Life," reproduced from our essential monograph, published to accompany the critically-acclaimed touring retrospective. Reviewing our book for the New York Times Book Review alongside Nancy Princenthal's aptly-timed new biography, Patricia Albers made special note of this particular text, asserting that it is "not to be missed.".

Agnes Martin, seven artworks installed with Donald Judd’s yellow benches in a purpose-built gallery designed by Martin, –94, Agnes Martin Gallery, The Harwood Museum of Art, Taos, New Mexico, photograph by Tina Larkin. Agnes Martin at her studio in New Mexico, (Photograph: Mildred Tolbert) Martin was deeply influenced by the Zen teachings of D.T. Suzuki. Reminiscent of the Chinese philosophy of wu-wei — roughly translated as “trying not to try” — Martin’s ideas are formulated in a Zen-like style of profound simplicity evocative the Tao Te. Agnes Martin built her oeuvre around the search for sublime beauty and serenity, following her belief that “art is the concrete representation of our most subtle feelings.” Her fine-lined grids, bands, and square blocks of pale, lightly applied color fused the emotional resonance of Abstract Expressionism with the spare purity of ality: Canadian-American.