See America First
dal 3/10/2002 al 1/12/2002
Segnalato da
3/10/2002
See America First
Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston
The Prints of H.C. Westermann. Over 45 lithographs, linoleum cuts, and woodblock prints by Chicago artist H.C. Westermann (1922-1981) comprise the exhibition, which is being held in conjunction with The Menil Collection's presentation of H.C.Westermann, a retrospective of the artist's painting and sculpture. Westermann, an influential American sculptor, painter, draftsman and printmaker, was a central figure in U.S. art of the post-war period.
The Prints of H.C. Westermann
Over 45 lithographs, linoleum cuts, and woodblock prints by Chicago artist H.C. Westermann (1922-1981) comprise the exhibition, which is being
held in conjunction with The Menil Collection's presentation of H.C.Westermann, a retrospective of the artist's painting and sculpture.
Westermann, an
influential American sculptor, painter, draftsman and printmaker, was a central figure in U.S. art of the post-war period.
He has often been
characterized as an American original-someone who steadfastly clung to his own unique artistic sensibility without regard to art world fashion or theory,
generally working outside the critical mainstream of contemporary American art.
His work draws from diverse sources, including Hollywood film,
American classic literature and myth, popular 1960s and 1970s media and pulp culture, and-based on his own military service experience-the horror of
war. Westermann brought to printmaking the idiosyncratic and existential (sometimes even autobiographical) nature of his sculpture.
See America First
is organized by The David and Alfred Smart Museum of Art, The University of Chicago, and curated by Senior Curator Richard Born.
The exhibition is
accompanied by a catalogue raisonné of the artist's prints, the first comprehensive, scholarly consideration of this important aspect of Westermann's art.
It also contains an essay by Dennis Adrian, Chicago art historian and critic, reproductions of the artist's print oeuvre, and documentation on the artist's
career.
The Contemporary Arts Museum will publish an abbreviated Perspectives-format catalogue to complement the Houston installation, the 134th
exhibition in this long-running series.
In the image: 'The Green Hell'.
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