Raimonds Staprans: Art of Tranquility and Turbulence - Softcover

Karlstrom, Paul J.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0295985585 ISBN 13: 9780295985589

Verlag: University of Washington Press, 2005

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Book by Karlstrom Paul J Helena Demakova Peter Selz Peter

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In 1947 the young Raimonds Staprans emigrated with his family from Latvia to America, and for the past half century the artist and playwright has lived and worked in the San Francisco Bay Area. In "Raimonds Staprans: Art of Tranquility and Turbulence", Paul Karlstrom investigates the realism and abstraction in Staprans' work, focusing on the more edgy and self-revealing paintings by bringing the artist's life experience and personal psychology prominently into the equation. Karlstrom recognizes that the meaning of Staprans' work cannot be understood solely in terms of the painterly skill and aesthetic beauty that characterize the landscapes, marines, and still lifes. Neither can it be fully appreciated in the minimalist abstraction with which Staprans qualifies his realism. Rather, the key to understanding is hidden in the secret life and philosophical pre-occupation that emerged in the author's interviews with the artist.Two prominent writers provide brief essays dealing with Staprans as a 'trans-Atlanticist': Latvian cultural critic Helena Demakova brings the perspective of the artist's native country to his American emigre story. American art historian Peter Selz examines realism's rich modernist potential in Staprans and other artists who have pushed realism to discover new conceptual and aesthetic truths. Staprans is also a writer, known in Latvia mainly for his work for the stage, and excerpts from his writings provide insight into his painting.

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Paul J. Karlstrom is a specialist in modern and contemporary art and culture in the United States. He recently retired as West Coast Regional Director of the Smithsonian's Archives of American Art in San Marino, California. Among his publications are On the Edge of America: California Modernist Art, 1900-1950.

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• Verlag: University of Washington Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0295985585
• ISBN 13: 9780295985589
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 160