Agnes Martin: The Nineties And Beyond; Author: Essay by Rifkin, Ned; Hardback; Book

Author: Essay by Rifkin, Ned
Hardback; Book; 60 Illustrations
119 pages
Published: February 2002
Hatje Cantz
ISBN: 3775711651
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Agnes Martin has spent every morning for the past 40 years working in her New Mexico studio, producing square abstract paintings that consist of graphite horizontal lines across fields of white, gray, or pale colors. Though her work superficially belongs to the history of Minimalism, Martin considers her paintings the abstract expression of positive inner states of existence. Published on the occasion of her 90th birthday, this catalogue presents the iconic serenity and elegant geometry of her canvasses from the past decade, in a format complimentary to Martin's own immutable aesthetic.This publication presents new works by the artist, which were created after her extensive retrospective exhibiton in 1993. Martin's work has been linked to Minimal Art, but her floating abstractions do not follow a geometrical set of rules.