Walton Ford and Julie Jones

by Barry Schwabsky, Barry Schwabsky

Catalogue to the exhibition presenting the paintings of these two young New York artists. Essays by Meyer Raphael Rubinstein on Walton Ford & Barry Schwabsky on Julie Jones discuss the figurative subject matter and the relevance of historical painting and portraiture in the 1990's art world. Ford's images include a series of animal paintings in the style of Audubon, which ask the viewer to question the heroism of this historic figure. Jones paints intimate characterizations of women in various stages of adulthood, pregnancy, and motherhood, in the style of Florentine portraiture. Checklist, biographies, introduction by curator Jan Riley, color cover, 12 full color images.

46 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1993

About the author

Barry Schwabsky is an American poet and the art critic for The Nation. His recent books include Trembling Hand Equilibrium (Black Square Editions, 2015), The Perpetual Guest: Art in the Unfinished Present (Verso, 2017), Heretics of Language (Black Square Editions, 2018), and Landscape Painting Now (DAP, 2019). He lives in New York.