Now available as an illustrated eBook.Curator and historian; gallerist and writer: Klaus Kertess has long been a decisive and forward-thinking presence in the art world. He founded the Bykert Gallery in 1966; where he represented artists including Chuck Close; Ralph Humphrey; Brice Marden and Dorothea Rockburne; three decades later; he curated the 1995 Whitney Biennial; the follow-up to the famously political 1993 iteration. "What is being proposed here;" he wrote in a catalogue essay for the 1995 exhibition; "is not a return to formalism but an art in which meaning is embedded in formal value. An acknowledgment of sensuousness is indispensable--whether as play or sheer joy or the kind of subversity that has us reaching for a rose and grabbing a thorn." The art world has changed considerably from the relatively convivial world of the 60s to todays globalized milieu; but Kertess has been a constant throughout the years; curating shows of provocative new work and writing critical essays on artists whose work challenges and engages him; while also maintaining a vital literary sideline (his short stories are collected in 2000s South Brooklyn Casket Company). This volume collects Kertess critical works from the past 30 years; including meditations on Agnes Martin; Joan Mitchell; John Chamberlain; Vija Celmins; Chris Ofili and Matthew Richie. With each essay accompanied by full-color reproductions of works discussed; Seen; Written provides a priceless opportunity to see art through the eyes of a lifelong viewer. This is the eBook edition of Seen; Written; originally published in print form in April 2011.
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