{"product_id":"unruly-tools-pia-gottschaller-9798887120348","title":"Unruly Tools: Contemporary Artists and the Reinvention of Painting","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe first book to examine the role of unconventional tools in contemporary painting is required reading for anyone interested in painting's recent past and future.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePainting, often regarded as the oldest of art forms, has been repeatedly declared \"dead.\" In this original and compelling study, technical art historian Pia Gottschaller thoroughly dismantles that notion, revealing how painters radically reimagined the medium in the years following World War II. No longer confined to the paintbrush, artists began to experiment with new methods, employing found, fabricated, and repurposed objects--as varied as an Afro comb, the human body, and a robotic airbrush--to create paintings unlike any seen before, revolutionizing the course of art history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBegins in 1954 with Jackson Pollock and the Gutai Art Association in Japan and traces the transformation of painting across the globe from the postwar era to the present day.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eExplores the work of thirty-eight contemporary painters, including Amoako Boafo, Helen Frankenthaler, Yves Klein, Julie Mehretu, Beatriz Milhazes, Howardena Pindell, Kazuo Shiraga, and Andy Warhol.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRichly illustrated with over 240 images of artists and their creations.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eUnruly Tools\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e is the first study of this kind and offers essential testimony to painting's continued vitality and reinvention.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Pia Gottschaller\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798887120348\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Getty Conservation Institute\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/26\/2027\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 408\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs","brand":"Pia Gottschaller","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":49001748726015,"sku":"9798887120348","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/unruly-tools-pia-gottschaller-9798887120348","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}