| Description |
167 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 30 cm |
| Contents |
Fictional freedom : April Gornik's landscapes / Donald Kuspit -- Conversation / April Gornik and Dede Young -- Plates |
| Summary |
"For more than 20 years, April Gornik's ethereal landscapes have combined a devotion to light with the intellectual curiosity to explore and the skill to portray it. Influenced by predecessors both in America and abroad, from the Luminists to Vermeer, Gornik's canvases - panoramic, majestic, richly colored - convey a constructed view of nature addressing the philosophical and aesthetic needs of our time." "Haunted by images drawn from dreams and travel, the artist works to assemble compositions surreal in their presence, yet strangely moving in their exceptional spirituality. Using painting to reach what she finds spiritually and psychologically compelling, Gornik works to create an art not only of visual appeal, but one which, as she recounts in the volume's interview with curator Dede Young, engages the mind as well."--BOOK JACKET |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Gornik, April, 1953- -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Painting -- 20th century.
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| Author |
Gornik, April, 1953-
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| LC no. |
2004012226 |
| ISBN |
1555952038 (alk. paper) |
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