Books by Mary Gabriel
“Ninth Street Women is about the women who were part of that collection of artists in post-war New York, who had really been written out of art history. When we think of Abstract Expressionism, we think of Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning, Franz Kline, Mark Rothko. It’s almost like a string quartet. But this book shines a spotlight on the period and shows that there’s a full orchestra playing, not just those four men. I really loved it, because it wasn’t preachy. It didn’t say, ‘they’ve been overlooked.’ It just told the story of Abstract Expressionism from a really, impeccably well-researched position.” Read more...
Charlotte Mullins, Art Historians, Critics & Curator
Interviews where books by Mary Gabriel were recommended
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This is Tomorrow: Twentieth-century Britain and its Artists
by Michael Bird -
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Ninth Street Women: Five Painters and the Movement That Changed Modern Art
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A History of Art History
by Christopher S. Wood -
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Women, Art, and Society
by Whitney Chadwick -
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Life Between Islands: Caribbean-British Art 1950s – Now
by Alex Farquharson & David A. Bailey
The best books on Art History, recommended by Charlotte Mullins
The best books on Art History, recommended by Charlotte Mullins
The critic Charlotte Mullins, author of A Little History of Art, recommends five books that have altered her understanding of art history. Too often, she argues, we have forgotten that our concept of the past is deeply influenced by the views of those who wrote about it first; these readable, well-researched books offer readers a fresh perspective.
