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Jay DeFeo: A Retrospective
Dana Miller (Ed.)
Jay DeFeo (1929–1989) was part of a vibrant community of avant-garde artists, poets, and musicians in San Francisco during the 1950s and 1960s. Her circle included Wallace Berman, Joan Brown, Bruce Conner, Wally Hedrick, Edward Kienholz, and Michael McClure. Although best known for her monumental painting The Rose (1958–66), DeFeo worked in a wide range of media and produced an astoundingly diverse and compelling body of work over four decades. DeFeo's unconventional approach to materials and her intensive, physical method make her a unique figure in postwar American art.
In the first comprehensive monograph on DeFeo, Dana Miller looks at the ... Read more
The book features new photography, archival images, and a number of previously unpublished works. Also included are a biographical chronology, an extensive bibliography, and an exhibition history.
Distributed for the Whitney Museum of American Art
Exhibition Schedule:
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art(11/03/12–02/03/13)
Whitney Museum of American Art(02/28/13–06/02/13)
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“Jay DeFeo: A Retrospective insightfully, intelligently, and emphatically confirms DeFeo’s rightful place among key American artists of the second half of the twentieth century.”—Woman’s Art Journal
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