The Extreme of the Middle
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The Extreme of the Middle

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The Extreme of the Middle

About this book

Jack Tworkov (1900–1982) was a significant figure of the Abstract Expressionist period. A noted painter, he was one of the first group of artists who defined the ideals of the New York School, along with Willem de Kooning, Barnett Newman, Ad Reinhardt, and Franz Kline, among others. This book, the first collection of Tworkov’s writings, sheds new light on the lives and studio practices of Tworkov and his colleagues as well as on Tworkov’s artistic theories and values.

These enlightening and intimate writings—personal journals and letters, teaching notebooks, correspondence with other artists, previously unpublished essays, and published articles—are introduced and annotated by Mira Schor, who provides an informed account of an important artist and thinker. The book is enriched by photographs by Henri Cartier-Bresson, Irving Penn, Arnold Newman, and Robert Rauschenberg; family photographs with Hans Hofmann, John Cage, Kline, and others; and reproductions of some of Tworkov’s finest work.

Mira Schor is a painter and author who also teaches at Parsons The New School for Design.

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Information

Publisher
Yale University Press
Year
1991
eBook ISBN
9780300185812
Edition
1
Topic
Art
Subtopic
Artist Monographs

Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Acknowledgments
  3. Editor s Note
  4. Introduction
  5. Part I: Identity and Identifications
  6. "I Was Born Yakov Tworkovsky'
  7. "Notes on My Painting"
  8. Part II: "Dear Pond Lilies "
  9. Letters to Wally Tworkov, 1936-37
  10. Part III:The Extreme of the Middle
  11. Journals and Diaries, 1947-63
  12. Published Writings, 1948-78
  13. Private Criticism
  14. Part IV: Tworkov as Teacher
  15. Pedagogical Theory
  16. Lecture on Rhythm
  17. Lecture Notes
  18. Tworkov at Yale
  19. Contemporary Voices in the Arts, 1967
  20. Part V: Longings
  21. "The Search for Meaning"
  22. Notes from New York Hospital 1969
  23. 'The Subject Matter of My Recent Paintings'
  24. Journal July 1966-March 1975
  25. Part VI: Family
  26. "Dear Helen"
  27. "Dear Hermine"
  28. "Dear Erik"
  29. "Dear Janice and Alain'
  30. Part VII :Work and Life, 1973-78
  31. Diaries, 1973-75
  32. "The Medium"
  33. "The Medium"
  34. Diaries, 1976
  35. "Blind Mans Bluff"
  36. Diaries, 1976-78
  37. Part VIII: Late Thoughts
  38. "I Have a Certain Inclination to the Monstrous" Undated Note, 1970s
  39. Diaries, 1979-80
  40. "Art Saves My Life' Notes Made on the Train to Providence, RISD, April 22,1980
  41. "A Nature in Deep Contemplation' Diaries, 1980-81
  42. "Withdrawal into Silence"
  43. Prognosis: Diaries, 1981
  44. Letter to Andrew Forge
  45. Diaries, 1981-82
  46. Notes
  47. Archival Sources
  48. Index