Name Barry Schwabsky | Role Art critic | |
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Books Words for Art: Criticism, Book Left Open in the Rain, The widening circle, Vitamin P2: New Perspecti, 12 Abandoned Poems Similar People Alex Katz, Kasper Konig, Vincent Katz, Harald Szeemann | ||
Barry schwabsky on writing about drawing
Barry Schwabsky (b. Paterson, New Jersey) is an American art critic, art historian and poet. He has taught at the School of Visual Arts, Pratt Institute, New York University, Yale University, and Goldsmiths College, among others.
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- Barry schwabsky on writing about drawing
- Scholl lecture series barry schwabsky
- Art Criticism
- Published poetry
- Personal life
- References
Scholl lecture series barry schwabsky
Art Criticism
Schwabsky is art critic for The Nation (the oldest continuously published weekly magazine in the United States) and co-editor of international reviews for Artforum. Schwabsky's essays have appeared in many other publications, including Flash Art, Contemporary, Artforum, London Review of Books and Art in America.
His art criticism books include: Words for Art: Criticism, History, Theory, Practice (Ram Publications), The Widening Circle: Consequences of Modernism in Contemporary Art (Cambridge University Press) and contributions to Abstract Painting: Concepts and Techniques and Vitamin P: New Perspectives in Painting (Phaidon Press). He has published books on Jessica Stockholder (Phaidon Press), Mel Bochner, Chloe Piene, Karin Davie, Dana Schutz, Alex Katz, Gillian Wearing: Mass Observation (Merrill Publishers), Henri Matisse and Alighiero Boetti, among others.
He was an early contributor to The Thing.
Published poetry
Personal life
Schwabsky is married to artist Carol Szymanski. They reside in New York City with their two daughters.