Cooper, Harry (and) Mark Godfrey (and) Alison de Lima Greene (and) Kate Nesin — Philip Guston: Now

Washington, National Gallery of Art, 2020. Softcover. A softcover book with color-illustrated covers and white text on a red spine. xi, 265 pages. Profusely illustrated with color images. "The first American retrospective of artist Philip Guston's (1913-1980) career in over 15 years. Scholarly essays trace the influences, interests, and evolution of this singular force in modern and contemporary art--including a close look at the 1960s and 1970s, when Guston abandoned abstraction, returning to the figure and to current history but with a personal voice, by turns comic and apocalyptic, that resonates today more than ever." Contents are as follows: Guston, then : telling tales / Harry Cooper -- The young professional, 1930-1940 -- Interior exile, 1940-1947 -- Abstraction and its discontents, 1947-1966 -- Marlborough man, 1967-1970 -- The final decade, 1970-1980 -- Drawing for Conspirators, 1930 / Trenton Doyle Hancock -- A note on Mr. Guston / Rirkrit Tiravanija -- From garbage cans to God / Amy Sillman -- Guston head / Tacita Dean -- Setting fire / David Reed -- The Studio, 1969 / William Kentridge -- In the hood / Glenn Ligon -- No studio drama / Peter Fischli -- KKK + KK / Art Spiegelman -- The weight of things / Dana Schutz -- The mask and the lie of art / Alison de Lima Greene -- Jewish image-maker / Mark Godfrey -- On edge and at sea / Kate Nesin -- Chronology / Jennifer Roberts and Harry Cooper. VG+: As new in shrinkwrap .