Following is The New York Times obituary of the artist, . "John McCracken, Sculptor of Geometric Forms, Dies at 76". By ROBERTA SMITH. Published: April 10, 2011. John McCracken, a West Coast artist... Read full biography
Following is The New York Times obituary of the artist, . "John McCracken, Sculptor of Geometric Forms, Dies at 76". By ROBERTA SMITH. Published: April 10, 2011. John McCracken, a West Coast artist who brought a New Age openness to Minimalist sculpture, along with a vocabulary of bright, sleek... Read full biography
Following is The New York Times obituary of the artist, . "John McCracken, Sculptor of Geometric Forms, Dies at 76". By ROBERTA SMITH. Published: April 10, 2011. John McCracken, a West Coast artist who brought a New Age openness to Minimalist sculpture, along with a vocabulary of bright, sleek slabs, blocks and columns that balanced teasingly between painting and sculpture, died on Friday in Manhattan. He was 76. His death was confirmed by the David Zwirner Gallery, which represents his work... Read full biography
Following is The New York Times obituary of the artist, . "John McCracken, Sculptor of Geometric Forms, Dies at 76". By ROBERTA SMITH. Published: April 10, 2011. John McCracken, a West Coast artist who brought a New Age openness to Minimalist sculpture, along with a vocabulary of bright, sleek slabs, blocks and columns that balanced teasingly between painting and sculpture, died on Friday in Manhattan. He was 76. His death was confirmed by the David Zwirner Gallery, which represents his work and which said he had been ill for most of the past year. He lived in Santa Fe, N.M., and New York. A tall, lanky man who in photographs resembled a cross between Clint Eastwood and Jack Palance, Mr. McCracken approached Minimalism — known for its... Read full biography
Following is The New York Times obituary of the artist, . "John McCracken, Sculptor of Geometric Forms, Dies at 76". By ROBERTA SMITH. Published: April 10, 2011. John McCracken, a West Coast artist who brought a New Age openness to Minimalist sculpture, along with a vocabulary of bright, sleek slabs, blocks and columns that balanced teasingly between painting and sculpture, died on Friday in Manhattan. He was 76. His death was confirmed by the David Zwirner Gallery, which represents his work and which said he had been ill for most of the past year. He lived in Santa Fe, N.M., and New York. A tall, lanky man who in photographs resembled a cross between Clint Eastwood and Jack Palance, Mr. McCracken approached Minimalism — known for its literal-mindedness, industrial fabrication and resistance to interpretation — with a sense of play, craft and spirituality th... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (43)
Publications based on askART research. List may not be comprehensive.
Letters to a Young Artist
2006
Amenoff, Gregory, et all
96 pages (color)
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
The Shape of Colour: Excursions in Colour Field Art (Art Gallery of Ontario) (Exhibition catalog)
2005
Cheetham, Mark; Matthew Teitelbaum, David Moos
120 pages (color)
Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005
Davenport, Ray
2,421 pages
Sculpture From the Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery
2005
Janovy, Karen O. (Editor); David Cateforis (Intro)
246 pages (color)
Who's Who in American Art, 2004 2003 - 2004 (25th Edition)
2004
McGowan, Alison C (Editor)
1,512 pages
Space Vehicles: Allusion Objectified (McClain Gallery, Houston, Texas) (Exhibition catalog)
2003
Eckart, Christian and Melissa Brookhart Beyer
16 pages (color)
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
Art Today
1995
Lucie-Smith, Edward
512 pages (color)
75 Works, 75 Years Collecting the Art of California (Exhibition catalog)
1993
Laguna Art Museum
139 pages (color)
Art Since Mid Century 1945 to the Present
1991
Wheeler, Daniel
344 pages (color)
Contemporary Artists (3rd Edition)
1989
Naylor, Colin (editor)
1,059 pages
Minimalism Art of Circumstance
1988
Baker, Kenneth
144 pages (color)
The Influence of Oriental Thought on Postwar American Painting and Sculpture
1988
Clarke, David J
410 pages
Inside the L A Artist
1988
Marrow, Marva
104 pages (color)
Dictionary of Contemporary American Artists (5th Edition)
1987
Cummings, Paul
653 pages
Who's Who in American Art-1986 1986
1986
Jaques Cattell Press
1,292 pages
Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers
1986
Opitz, Glenn B (editor)
1,081 pages
Definitive Statements: American Art 1964-66 Brown University Department of Art (Exhibition catalog)
1986
Plante, Michael; Christopher Campbell, Megan Fox, et all
181 pages
Art in the San Francisco Bay Area 1945-1980/An Illustrated History
1985
Albright, Thomas
349 pages (color)
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Paintings and Sculpture Collection
1985
DuPont, Diana, K Holland
402 pages (color)
Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947
1985
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
707 pages
Movements in Art since 1945 New Revised Edition
1984
Lucie-Smith, Edward
288 pages (color)
Art of Our Time The Saatchi Collection (4 Vols)
1984
Lund Humphries
700 pages (color)
Art of the States Works from a Santa Barbara Collection (Exhibition catalog)
1984
McDonald, Robert; Richard Vincent West
80 pages (color)
Dictionary of American Sculptors: 18th Century to Present
1984
Opitz, Glenn B (editor)
656 pages
The Art of California Selected Works/ Oakland Museum
1984
Orr-Cahill, Christina
199 pages (color)
The First Show (1940-1980) Painting and Sculpture from Eight Collections (Exhibition catalog)
1983
Museum of Contemporary Art
293 pages (color)
Southern California Artists 1940-1980 (Exhibition catalog)
1981
Ball, Maudette
66 pages (color)
The Britannica Encyclopedia of American Art
1981
Rugoff, Milton
669 pages (color)
Frederick Weisman Collection California Art (Exhibition catalog)
1978
California State U Long Beach
64 pages (color)
Art Since Pop
1978
Walker, John
110 pages (color)
Perceptions of the Spirit in Twentieth-Century American Art (Exhibition catalog)
1977
Dillenberger, Jane & John
175 pages (color)
American Art in Belgium (Exhibition catalog)
1977
Societe des Expositions
175 pages (color)
Who's Who in American Art, 1976 12th Edition
1976
Jaques Cattell Press
756 pages
Painting & Sculpture in California The Modern Era
1976
San Francisco Mus Modern Art
272 pages (color)
Sunshine Muse Contemporary Art on the West Coast
1974
Plagens, Peter
200 pages (color)
The De-definition of Art Action Art to Pop to Earthworks
1972
Rosenberg, Harold
256 pages
West Coast 1945-1969 (Exhibition catalog)
1969
Coplans, John
60 pages
Kompas 4 Westkust USA/West Coast USA (Exhibition catalog)
1969
Eindhoven, Abbemuseum
50 pages (color)
Minimal Art A Critical Anthology
1968
Battcock, Gregory (editor)
448 pages
Art of the Real U S A 1948-1968
1968
Goosen, E C
64 pages (color)
The West Coast Now Current Work from the Western Seaboard (Exhibition catalog)