Louise Nevelson: Light and Shadow [Paperback]

The most complete biography of the iconic sculptor Louise Nevelson based on hours of interviews conducted at the height of Nevelsons fame. A much-needed, comprehensive biography of a great American artist. Wilson, an art historian and practicing psychoanalyst, is perfectly suited to write this intimate, revealing biography of the artist she interviewed many times and considers one of the greatest American artists of the twentieth-century. This capacious, precisely detailed biography, the first in a quarter-century, was a long time in the making and consequently brims with diligently mined and carefully weighed revelations. Wilsons fascinating, well-illustrated explication of Nevelsons artistic quest reignites appreciation for the profound complexity, evocative beauty, and mystical power of her work. In this biography of Ukrainian-born American sculpture artist Louise Nevelson, famous for her work with shadow boxes and black wooden walls, Wilson, a practicing psychoanalyst who teaches at NYU, uses her professional expertise to explore the inner life and motivations of the artist and her artwork. Wilson details the artists eccentricities and places Nevelsons success in the context of the 1970s, specifically the male-dominated contemporary art scene in N.Y.C. Her descriptions of Nevelsons art are vivid, carefully observed, and insightful. In The depth and beauty of this book is extraordinary. I lived with Louise Nevelson for almost twenty-five years and never asked questions that I thought would be intrusive. Laurie Wilsons brilliant biography answers those questions with remarkable insight. Separating truth from myth, a perceptive investigation into the larger than life American original, Louise Nevelson. A fascinating read for someone who knew her well. Based on primary sourcesespecially unpublished interviews with the artist, her family, friends, and dealers Laurie Wilson presents new information, adroitly separates fact from fiction, and reveals tl3à