James Castle : a retrospective /

This volume considers James Castle's remarkable art from a variety of perspectives, examining his life, modes of depiction, working methods and materials, and the 'visual poetry' of his text works.

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Main Author: Castle, James, 1900-1977
Corporate Authors: Philadelphia Museum of Art, Art Institute of Chicago
Other Authors: Percy, Ann
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia, PA : New Haven [Conn.] : Philadelphia Museum of Art ; In Association with Yale University Press, c2008.
Series:Internet Archive Lending Library
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Acquisition Notes:Gift of the Foundation for Self-Taught Artists (c.2)
Table of Contents:
  • Lenders to the exhibition
  • Foreword / Innis Howe Shoemaker
  • Acknowledgments
  • Map
  • Note to the reader
  • Unfolding the familiar: James Castle reintroduced / Ann Percy
  • Feather in the doorjamb: the private practice of a curious mind / Jacqueline Crist
  • "Tying things together": an interview with Terry Winters / Jeffrey Wolf
  • "Characters more comely to the eye": text and intention in the art of James Castle / Brendan Greaves
  • A creative obsession: observations on James Castle's materials and techniques / Nancy Ash and Scott Homolka
  • Handmade: a scientific study of James Castle's art / Beth Anne Price, Ken Sutherland, Daniel Kirby and Maartin van Bommel
  • Chronology / Ann Percy and Kathleen Krattenmaker
  • Checklist of the exhibition / Ann Percy, Nancy Ash, and Scott Homolka
  • Exhibition history
  • Appendix: Castle family documents
  • Notes.