Cezanne

Abstract

"'Cezanne' presents a new examination of the work of Paul Cezanne (1839-1906) across media and genres, surveying his career from the varied perspectives of art historians, conservation scientists, and a roster of renowned contemporary painters, including Etel Adnan, Phyllida Barlow, Paul Chan, Julia Fish, Ellen Gallagher, Lubaina Himid, Kerry James Marshall, Rodney McMillian, Laura Owens, and Luc Tuymans. Featuring wide-ranging essays and a rich chronology tracing Cezanne's travels across the French landscape, this lavishly illustrated publication highlights the artist's favorite motifs, influence on his peers, and pivotal role in the development of modern art, in addition to presenting state-of-the-art technical analysis of his pigments and methods. It offers a fresh look at the ways in which Cezanne, driven by what he described as "strong sensations," sought to develop a visual language that could fully translate his intense feelings into paintings. In doing so, he opened up possibilities that were embraced and elaborated by artists in his time and into the present."--

Contents

Organized chaos: looking at Cezanne / Achim Borchardt-Hume, Gloria Groom, Caitlin Haskell and Natalia Sidlina -- "At once unknown and famous": Cezanne in Paris / Gloria Groom -- Cezanne's refusal / Caitlin Haskell -- "A harmony parallel to nature": color, form, and space in Cezanne's watercolors and oil paintings / Kimberley Muir, Kristi Dahm, Giovanni Verri, Maria Kokkori, and Clara Granzotto -- Cezanne's slow homecoming / Natalia Sidlina -- Catalogue -- The breakfast picnic / Lubaina Himid -- When is a place / Ellen Gallagher -- I paint pictures too! / Kerry James Marshall -- The breaking point / Luc Tuymans -- Je traîne seule / Laura Owens -- The bones underneath / Rodney McMillian -- Between the bathers and us, the living / Paul Chan -- Then and now / Phyllida Barlow -- Immaterial statements of matter / Etel Adnan -- Trio / Julia Fish -- Mapping Cezanne / Kathryn Kremnitzer -- Contextualizing Cezanne / compiled by Michael Raymond -- Cezanne in the collections of the Impressionist circle / compiled by Kathryn Kremnitzer -- Cezanne's materials.