Favoring fantastical invention, biting wit, and distorted figuration, with roots in mid-20th-century pop culture, Jim Nutt creates wildly original work ranging from paintings on Plexiglas to phantasmagoric portraits of imaginary women. Nutt (b. 1938) first exerted his artistic influence in the 1960s as a member of Hairy Who, a group of artists who, along with other Chicago artists of the era, are more commonly referred to as the imagists. Since 1990 he has focused exclusively on rendering female heads with radically ...
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Favoring fantastical invention, biting wit, and distorted figuration, with roots in mid-20th-century pop culture, Jim Nutt creates wildly original work ranging from paintings on Plexiglas to phantasmagoric portraits of imaginary women. Nutt (b. 1938) first exerted his artistic influence in the 1960s as a member of Hairy Who, a group of artists who, along with other Chicago artists of the era, are more commonly referred to as the imagists. Since 1990 he has focused exclusively on rendering female heads with radically distorted features in spare line drawings and richly detailed paintings accompanied by customized frames. Working with tiny brushes and thinned acrylic paint, Nutt often spends a year creating a single portrait. Jim Nutt is the first major publication on the artist in almost two decades, as well as the first to concentrate on Nutt's portraits. Detailing 70 of the artist's works from 1966 to the present, this important selected retrospective examines these paintings and drawings through their precedents in Nutt's work and demonstrates the artist's consistent and inimitable contributions to the art world. Distributed for the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago Exhibition Schedule: Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago (01/29/11-05/29/11)
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Add this copy of Jim Nutt: Coming Into Character to cart. $206.95, like new condition, Sold by Bookworks rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Chicago, IL, UNITED STATES, published 2011 by Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago/ Yale University Press.
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Fine. No dust jacket as issued. Book Likely First Edition with no additional printings listed, 2011. Scarce copy in Fine condition. The contents and binding are clean and tightly bound. No dust jacket as issued. A beautiful copy. Insured international shipping and domestic Priority Mail may require added postage charges.
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Add this copy of Jim Nutt: Coming Into Character to cart. $182.00, like new condition, Sold by Jeff Hirsch Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Wadsworth, IL, UNITED STATES, published 2011 by Museum of Contemporary Art in association with Yale University Press.
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First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 123 pages. Published in conjunction an exhibition that ran January 29 through May 29, 2011. Features a foreword by Madeleine Grynsztejn, acknowledgements and essay by Lynne Warren and additional essays by Jennifer R. Gross, and Alexi Worth. Includes numerous color and black and white illustrations, a checklist, list of previous exhibitions, selected bibliography, and an index. A fine copy in cloth boards. No dust jacket as issued. A very fresh copy of one of the better books on Nutt who was a member of the Hairy Who.
