ABSTRACT
I am indebted first to Thomas B. Hess and James Fitzsimmons, the editors of Artnews and Art International, who encouraged me to publish the essays and reviews that led, years later, to this book. I am equally grateful for the encouragement I have received from Elizabeth C. Baker, the editor of Art in America.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part Part 1
The American Infinite
part Part 2|31 pages
The Action Painter
part Part 3|44 pages
Fragments of the Ordinary
part Part 4|12 pages
A Dazzling Continuum
part Part 5|32 pages
Glamour and Death
part Part 6|49 pages
The Quest for Purity