Wayne Thiebaud : art comes from art /
"Wayne Thiebaud: Art Comes from Art celebrates a revered artist who chose to live, work, and teach in Sacramento but whose works are acclaimed nationally and internationally. This exhibition explores Wayne Thiebaud's long-standing engagement with art history, especially through his numerou...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Oakland, CA : San Francisco, CA :
University of California Press ; Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco,
[2025]
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| Summary: | "Wayne Thiebaud: Art Comes from Art celebrates a revered artist who chose to live, work, and teach in Sacramento but whose works are acclaimed nationally and internationally. This exhibition explores Wayne Thiebaud's long-standing engagement with art history, especially through his numerous appropriations and reinterpretations of artworks from the past to the present. Many viewers and readers will be astonished to learn that Thiebaud described himself as an 'obsessive thief' who 'stole' ideas for his art, not only from established artists but even from his own students. Thiebaud's numerous appropriations are rooted in his deep respect for the extended continuum and community of artists that comprise the history of art. They also fueled his stated challenge and goal of creating 'a new visual species' that was uniquely his own. While he was memorably modest regarding his own place in art history, the lasting significance of his legacy is manifest in this exhibition and continues to grow with each passing year." -- "Explores Wayne Thiebaud's career as a self-described "thief" who appropriated and reinterpreted old and new European and American artworks. Although artist Wayne Thiebaud (1920-2021) earned acclaim for his poetic renderings of the prosaic particulars of American life, he openly admitted that "it's hard for me to think of artists who weren't influential on me, because I'm such a blatant thief." Wayne Thiebaud: Art Comes from Art features the artist's virtuosic appropriations and reinterpretations of old and new European and American artworks, spanning from Andrea Mantegna to Édouard Manet, Henri Matisse to Richard Diebenkorn, offering crucial insights into his creative process. Thiebaud's exploration of art, artists, and art history--along with the practices of copying, appropriation, and reinterpretation--allowed him not only to see through the eyes of other artists but also to commune with them through their work, expanding his own vision. This career-long engagement with the concept of appropriation illustrates his perception of art history as an encyclopedic "bureau of standards"--a rich repository and resource that offers working artists community with their predecessors and communion with their artworks."-- |
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| Physical Description: | 359 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits ; 31 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 9780520418325 0520418328 |