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 1
The American Infinite
part 2|31 pages
The Action Painter
part 3|44 pages
Fragments of the Ordinary
part 4|12 pages
A Dazzling Continuum
part 5|32 pages
Glamour and Death
part 6|49 pages
The Quest for Purity