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Daniel Brush : gold without boundaries
Abstract
"This monograph reveals the extraordinary world of Daniel Brush, a modern master whose work is unparalleled in the history of contemporary art. Brush's thirty-year career includes early painting exhibitions at the Phillips Collection and the Corcoran Gallery of Art, followed by a period of virtual seclusion, study, and intense productivity.
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The resulting works, all handwrought by the artist, are presented here in 175 glorious full-color photographs made especially for this volume by noted photographer John Bigelow Taylor. Included are delieate and detailed granulated-gold domes in the tradition of the ancient goldsmiths, jewel-encrusted objeets of virtue and fantasy, monumental gold and steel sculptures, some only a few inches high—unseen until now by most of the world. Also reproduced are paintings and drawings, as well as duotonephotographs of Brush's studio, which introduce the reader to the artist's very private environment. A series of writings, often incorporating Brush's own words, traces the artist's remarkable journey of visual discovery and enlightenment. Renowned author Paul Theroux renders an insightful. portrait of a creative genius removed from the everyday. Respeeted art critic Donald Kuspit examines the idiosyneratie foeus of Brush's work in relation to twentieth-century art traditions. Two distinguished object and gem experts provide studies: Ralph Esmerian contributes an intimate foreword, and David Bennett's philosophical conversations with Brush explore the rigorous discipline and contemplation involved in the art-making process." (source book jacket)