Review
...With rare power and intellectual stamina...this collection of essays...transcends its diversity... --
Jack Spector, distinguished professor of art history, Rutgers University...a must-read for all serious observers of recent art who want to engage with one of the liveliest minds around. --
Matthew Baigell, distinguished professor of art history, Rutgers University
From the Inside Flap
This provocative anthology chronicles the distinctive voice of one of America's foremost art critics. In essays culled from three decades of critical writing, Donald Kuspit explores the aesthetic developments of the twentieth century, from post-impressionism to the latest permutation of post-Modernism. Artists ranging from Pierre Bonnard to Antonin Artaud, from Willem de Kooning to Sue Coe, are all scrutinized through Kuspit's unique, psychodynamic perspective.
In a concluding section, several interviews with Kuspit reveal his irreverent and thoughtful reflections on art criticism and his own development as a scholar.
With an introduction by artist and art critic Mark van Proyen, Redeeming Art is an elegant and eclectic meditation on the inner life of the artist, the social impact of artwork, and the role of the art critic.