Beyond the Frame: Impressionism Revisited

by J. Seward Johnson, David C. Levy (Contributor), Red Grooms (Contributor)

A tie-in to an exhibition at the Corcoran Gallery of Art presents the artist's extraordinary three-dimensional re-creations of famous Impressionist paintings, including Manet's Luncheon on the Grass, Van Gogh's Room at Arles, and Renoir's Luncheon of the Boating Party. 15,000 first printing.

128 pages, Hardcover

First published October 1, 2003

Reviews

[Linda Morris · Rating 4 out of 5]

I gave the book four stars based on the extensive and very interesting pictures (some fold out) of the sculptures that J. Seward Johnson, Jr. has created based on several famous Impressionist paintings by Manet, Monet, van Gogh, Renoir and one by Caillebotte.

I am not an artist and so my rating has no relation to Johnson's artistic talents. I skimmed some of the text that included critical reviews of his creation of taking famous two-dimensional imagery to three-dimensional sculpture. Some would recognize his work as a form of art while others consider it rubbish or "kitsch". So I found the book interesting because Johnson's work was so different from art that I've been familiar with in the past, rather than any judgment on his art as true art.