Jim Dine: Sculpture: Nightfield, Nightfields, Dayfields

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Jim Dine: Sculpture: Nightfield, Nightfields, Dayfields
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Jim Dine
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:144
Dimensions(mm): Height 280,Width 230
Category/GenreArt and design styles - from c 1900 to now
Individual artists and art monographs
ISBN/Barcode 9783869302041
ClassificationsDewey:730.92
Audience
General
Illustrations Illustrated in colour throughout

Publishing Details

Publisher Steidl Publishers
Imprint Steidl Verlag
Publication Date 14 March 2011
Publication Country Germany

Description

"I am an object maker." Jim Dine Night Fields, Day Fields is a survey of Jim Dine's sculpture from 1959 to 2009. Dine is commonly seen as a prolific painter, printmaker and photographer whose central practice is drawing, but this book shows that sculpture is just as important in his oeuvre. Here we discover Dine's favourite and reoccurring motifs: hearts, tools, skulls, and Pinocchio, as well as Classical sculpture in the form of Venus de Milo and Winged Victory. Dine's media are as diverse as his themes and include bronze, wood, glass and found objects. His styles are similarly manifold, testament to an artist who has shrugged off the trappings of Pop Art to develop an eclectic body of styles that is unique and authoritative in contemporary art. Born in 1935 in Cincinnati, Ohio, Jim Dine completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts at the University of Ohio in 1957, and has since become one of the most profound and prolific contemporary artists. Dine's unparalleled career spans fifty years and his work is held in numerous private and public collections. His books at Steidl include Birds (2001), The Photographs, so far (2003), and Hot Dream (52 Books) (2008).