Clement Greenberg, Late Writings

by Clement Greenberg, Robert C. Morgan

The posthumous collection of writings by the seminal American art critic features his observations of Jackson Pollock, Hans Hofmann, Barnett Newman, Willem de Kooning, and others. (Fine Arts)

Genres: Art

280 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2003

About the author

American essayist, known mainly as an influential visual art critic closely associated with American Modern art of the mid-20th century.

Reviews

[Poy Born · Rating 5 out of 5]

Can say what you like about the man, and the theory is obviously less than in vogue. But most people argue against the earlier, more famous essays. These essays are cleaner, clearer, well argued, and not nearly as contentious. This is an extremely seductive portrait of Greenberg's late philosophy.