Author: Schwartz, SanfordFor his third book of criticism, Sanford Schwartz has selected writings from the past 20 years, including considerations of Willem de Kooning, Louise Bourgeois and Frida Kahlo, accompanied by 40 pages of full-colour illustrations. His conversationally written pieces present large, synoptic views of an artist’s ambitions and frequently include engagingly detailed descriptions of artworks.Although appreciated by artists and art professionals alike, Schwartz’s writing is geared to the wider audience: people who want to more deeply experience the artworks they may have encountered in passing.Schwartz provides living portraits of the increasingly renowned outsider artist Martín Ramírez and the uncategorizable moviemaking puppeteers the Quay Brothers, among many others. Sanford Schwartz (born 1946) is the author of critical biographies of Christen Købke, William Nicholson and Edward Hicks. He is a longtime and frequent contributor to the New York Review of Books.ISBN 9781646570362. Marquand Books. hb. 464 pages. 47 colour ills. 22.9 x 16.5 cm.available
