Kitaj

Description

This revised and expanded monograph provides full documentation of Kitaj's work to date, including his paintings, pastels and drawings. The book is a result of a series of interviews and letters between the artist and the author and from the artist's active participation in the design. In this edition the author has updated his text to include a survey of Kitaj's work in the 1990s. A new section of 20 illustrations of recent work has been added, and illustrations that were in black and white in earlier editions are now reproduced in full colour. Kitaj himself completes this edition with an outspoken account of his now famous confrontation with the critics of his 1994 retrospective exhibition, and the subsequent death of his wife Sandra.

Marco Livingstone is an independent art historian, critic and curator who writes extensively on modern and contemporary art.

'Visually this is a beautiful and well produced book.' (Burlington Magazine) 'Kitaj is among the most articulate of contemporary painters ... this handsome Phaidon monograph is indispensable.' (London Magazine) 'Kitaj draws better than almost anyone else alive.' (Robert Hughes, Time)