Un ensayista estadounidense, conocido principalmente como un influyente crítico de arte visual estrechamente asociado con el arte moderno estadounidense de mediados del siglo XX. Su obra ofrece una mirada penetrante a las obras de arte y a sus creadores. Su escritura es valorada por su profundidad y rigor intelectual. Es considerado una figura fundamental en la interpretación y formación de la comprensión del arte moderno estadounidense.
Clement Greenberg, a prominent New Yorker, is renowned for his influential writings on art, including "Art and Culture" and the extensive "Collected Essays and Criticism" spanning from 1939 to 1969. His works delve into the evolution of modern art, offering critical insights and reflections that shaped contemporary artistic discourse. Greenberg's legacy is marked by his keen analysis and advocacy for abstract expressionism, making him a pivotal figure in 20th-century art criticism.
An often humorous, always candid and no-holds-barred reflection of the life of
a policewoman in the 80s, this book offers a personal account of a life in
uniform, while touching on the Newbury Bypass demos, the effects of Scarman,
the Hungerford Massacre, the bombing of Libya, the AIDS epidemic and working
under the notorious Ali Dizaei.
Clement Greenberg (1909–1994), champion of abstract expressionism and modernism—of Pollock, Miró, and Matisse—has been esteemed by many as the greatest art critic of the second half of the twentieth century, and possibly the greatest art critic of all time. On radio and in print, Greenberg was the voice of "the new American painting," and a central figure in the postwar cultural history of the United States.Greenberg first established his reputation writing for the Partisan Review, which he joined as an editor in 1940. He became art critic for the Nation in 1942, and was associate editor of Commentary from 1945 until 1957. His seminal essay, "Avant-Garde and Kitsch" set the terms for the ongoing debate about the relationship of modern high art to popular culture. Though many of his ideas have been challenged, Greenberg has influenced generations of critics, historians, and artists, and he remains influential to this day.
Clement Greenberg was a colossus of twentieth-century American art, achieving
a degree of authority almost unimaginable for a critic today. This essential
volume is the first collection of his writing for the period from 1970-1990,
and includes five interviews in which Greenberg illuminates the progression of
his thought.
Clement Greenberg kann wohl als der einflussreichste und sprachmächtigste amerikanische Kunstkritiker der Nachkriegszeit gelten. Wie niemand sonst hat er es verstanden, dem Denken über die Kunst – und sogar der Kunst selbst – eine Form und eine Richtung zu geben. Seine Essays und Kritiken, die vorwiegend in Partisan Review, The Nation und Arts Magazine erschienen, beeinflussten eine sich nach dem Ende des Zweiten Weltkriegs neu formierende Kunstlandschaft. New York wurde auch dank Greenbergs radikal formulierter unstauffassung zum neuen Zentrum der Moderne. Maler wie Jackson Pollock, Barnett Newman, Morris Louis, Kenneth Noland und andere bestimmten durch Greenbergs Fähigkeit, dieser radikalen Verweigerung alles Gegenständlichen und aller Funktionalisierungen im ideologischen Sinne eine Stimme zu verleihen, die private und öffentliche Sammlungstätigkeit der letzten fünfzig Jahre. Der Band liefert eine repräsentative Auswahl seiner Essays und Kritiken, z. B.: 'Avantgarde und Kitsch' (1939), 'Die gegenwärtigen Aussichten der amerikanischen Malerei und Skulptur' (1947), 'Nach dem abstrakten Expressionismus' (1962), 'Gegen-Avantgarde' (1971), 'Modern und postmodern' (1980) und ein Gespräch zwischen Saul Ostrow und Clement Greenberg.
