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loujoseph's review against another edition
5.0
one of my old favorites, a solid biography of an artist, but parts of it are a little grating on re-reading it.
(previously read march 2001)
(previously read march 2001)
yolizzy's review against another edition
2.0
dnf (cw) leaving a review to caution other readers that there's a description of sexual assault that is very glossed over early on in the book. Other than this the interviews are interesting and engaging.
thescottcoffey's review against another edition
4.0
An interesting chronicle of the life of a unique artist. Lots of thoughts I look forward to ruminating on in the future.
mr_luke1's review
this is foundational and took me so long to absorb and now i dont know how to make art
notedhermit's review
4.0
What an odd duck this book is. It was successful at making me want to see more of Irwin's work while simultaneously mostly making me want to not ever meet Irwin? Weschler did a great job though.
hymyind's review
5.0
This book blew my mind a few times, and in between was super interesting. Recommended for anyone who makes art or is interested in understanding the past 75 years or so of visual art.
brianeco's review
"There are things I've undertaken as an artist that I will never accomplish in my lifetime," Irwin told me one afternoon. "It's just not possible. The kind of change I'm envisioning, the ideas I'm entertaining, simply don't enter society whole. There's always a process of mediation, overlapping, intermeshing, threading into the fabric. But we're headed there: the complexity of consciousness, its capacity to sustain being in presence in all its rich variety will be growing with each generation. Sometimes I feel on the verge of that."
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