Deborah Butterfield - Hardcover

Kimberly Davis; Lawrence Weschler; Deborah Butterfield

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0976558599 ISBN 13: 9780976558590

Publisher: L.A. Louver Publications, 2009

Published on the occasion of the artist's 2009 solo exhibition at L.A. Louver Gallery, Deborah Butterfield offers a unique portrait of the artist's work, as well as of the landscape and forms from which she derives her inspiration. An intimate interview by Lawrence Weschler provides insight into Butterfield's philosophy and process, while personal photography by the artist of her studios in Montana and Hawaii, her horses, and sculptures at various points of making allows an unprecedented glimpse into her creative environments. Detailed photos and installation shots of new sculpture from her gallery exhibition (April 9 - May 9, 2009), along with images of works represented by L.A. Louver over the course of Butterfield's association with the gallery, give a further view of the scale, scope and methods with which the artist conveys her powerful works of abstract figuration.
With an introduction by L.A. Louver Director Kimberly Davis, and designed by Stefan Bucher, 344 Design.

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About the Author:

Robert Gordon is a noteworthy author with Abrams, and has been responsible for the conception of Monet, The Last Flowers of Manet, Degas, and Pierre-Paul Prud'hon: The Language of the Body. Jane Smiley is the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of A Thousand Acres. Other titles include Moo and Horse Heaven. John Yau is a well-known poet, critic, and editor. He has written or contributed to monographs on the work of Jasper Johns, Andy Warhol, A. R. Penck, Pat Steir, and Chuck Close. His poetry and criticism have been published in dozens of national magazines. Vicki Hearne was an animal trainer, poet, and philosopher. Sadly, she died in 2001 while working on this book; Deborah Butterfield will be dedicated to her memory.

From Publishers Weekly:

With extraordinary focus over 25 years, Butterfield has created sculptures with a single subject: horses. And with an introduction by Jane Smiley (A Thousand Acres), an essay by poet and art critic John Yau, poems by the late Vicki Hearne and pages of beautifully reproduced work, Butterfield comes off as a thoroughbred in the world of art. As Smiley says, "I have never met a horse lover who did not gasp at the truth of Butterfield's horses," and this catalogue, timed to coincide with a traveling exhibition of Butterfield's work, is sure to delight anyone with a passion for horses and art. Whether her works are found in steel or iron, wood, barbed wire or cast bronze, her ability to animate a pile of seemingly lifeless materials with the shape and spirit of a horse can be truly breathtaking. Particularly intriguing are the pieces made with giant metal letters-the shape of the letters transforming magically into shoulders, hocks and arched neck. Even nonbelievers will be impressed with Butterfield's technical mastery over her mediums, particularly her intricate variation on the "lost wax" method of casting bronze. Strangely, one 1979 piece cited often in the text, in which Butterfield cleverly integrated the barbed wire found on her Montana ranch, is not pictured here, but anyone with an interest in the possibilities of material, or in what constitutes form, will be pleased by this selection.
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