Brice Marden (Phaidon Focus)

Eileen Costello

Hardcover | 18.42 x 1.59 x 26.04 cm | 144 pp

Phaidon | 2013  | 9780714861449

American artist Brice Marden (b. 1938) has had a profound impact on painting today. During his career there has been a sea change in art movements - ranging from the resurgence of figuration to a move beyond the studio altogether - yet Marden has unwaveringly adhered to modernist principles of abstraction in his handling of light, space and surface. From his early monochromatic canvases of the 1960s and 1970s - subtly layered using oil paint and light-absorbing beeswax - to themes inspired by Asian art and culture, Marden's deeply personal work incorporates multiple art historical and cultural inspirations. In his exquisite and evocative handling of colour, allied to an extraordinarily refined draughtsmanship, Marden has explored the interaction between emotions, ideas and perceptions.

Eileen Costello has studied Marden’s work closely through numerous studio visits and discussions with the artist. She has contributed towards the production of a number of books and exhibition catalogues on the artist, and in 2003 initiated the catalogue raisonné of Marden’s drawings and paintings. 

Phaidon's Focus books are introductory monographs and extended primers, in a handsome hardback format. They provide an in-depth overview of an artist's life, plus a more concentrated focus on key works from the artist's career to date.

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