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Ralph Humphrey

Ralph Humphrey

Humphrey, Ralph
Kertess, Klaus
Pagel, David

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ISBN10: 0982974760
ISBN13: 9780982974766
Publisher: Gary Snyder Gallery
Published: Mar 31 2013
Pages: 72
Weight: 1.30
Height: 0.50 Width: 8.80 Depth: 10.20
Language: English
Ralph Humphrey (1932-1990) was one of the foremost exponents of postminimalist painting in 1960s New York. As much a sculptor as a painter, Humphrey created surfaces of almost absurd tactility using casein and modeling paste: thick slabs of knobby, brightly hued pigment, arranged in fat lozenges, grids or squares. These works loom out at the viewer with both gravity and humor, insisting on a measured encounter; as the artist wrote in a journal entry, Space coming forward is more of a confronting, more like an experience, but an experience that calls attention to its own time ... I find that when the painting starts coming back at me I know I'm going to get to the observer. This volume provides a detailed view of Humphrey's work from 1973 to 1984, along with critical reflections on his process and his reputation.

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