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3.84 AVERAGE
3.84 AVERAGE
This was a tough read, which I finished because I thought it would help me better understand the source of Martin's work. A large portion of the book verbally describes paintings that aren't pictured. These passages didn't help me visualize the work any better than a simple internet search would. The writing felt impersonal and not much is included in the way of text or quotes directly from Martin, despite alluding to her extensive lectures and writings. I finished with the idea that Martin had a vast, efficient, self-exigent, mostly isolated life and not much insight into her thoughts/experiences translating to work. (2.5)
"Everybody's go their mind on artists and paintings. But it's the _response_ to art that really matters," she said on one occasion. Asked how much time she thought a viewer should spend with her work, she replied laughing, "Just about one minute." When the surprised interviewer replied, "A minute?" Martin offered the seldom acknowledged truth, "Yeah, but a minute's quite a while.""
"Ashbery compared the attention her work requires to listening to "the whispered sequences of Webern's music, where one can hear and distinguish seemingly for the first time a B-flat from an A-sharp.""
"Everybody's go their mind on artists and paintings. But it's the _response_ to art that really matters," she said on one occasion. Asked how much time she thought a viewer should spend with her work, she replied laughing, "Just about one minute." When the surprised interviewer replied, "A minute?" Martin offered the seldom acknowledged truth, "Yeah, but a minute's quite a while.""
"Ashbery compared the attention her work requires to listening to "the whispered sequences of Webern's music, where one can hear and distinguish seemingly for the first time a B-flat from an A-sharp.""
A stunning exploration of Martin's life, influences, and art. A nuanced masterpiece.
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
Brilliant and easy to read
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
Interessante conhecer esta artista sobre quem eu nunca tinha ouvido falar. Não sou muito de ler biografias, mas achei esta interessante.
Rating: 5* of five
Martin wasn't an unknown toiler in the vineyards of art. She was likely held back from stratospheric fame by her own demons...but I suspect that her being a woman in the old boys' club of 1950s New York-centric art didn't make her life one whit easier. My review is live now.
Martin wasn't an unknown toiler in the vineyards of art. She was likely held back from stratospheric fame by her own demons...but I suspect that her being a woman in the old boys' club of 1950s New York-centric art didn't make her life one whit easier. My review is live now.
emotional
informative
inspiring
sad
tense
fast-paced