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Hot Cold Heavy Light - collects 100 writings - some long, some short - that taken together form a group portrait of many of the world's most significant and interesting artists. From Pablo Picasso to Cindy Sherman, Old Masters to contemporary masters, paintings to comix, and saints to charlatans, Schjeldahl ranges widely through the diverse and confusing art world, an expert guide to a dazzling scene. No other writer enhances the reader's experience of art in precise, jargon-free prose as Schjeldahl does. His reviews are more essay than criticism, and he offers engaging and informative accounts of artists and their work. For more than three decades, he has written about art with Emersonian openness and clarity. A fresh perspective, an unexpected connection, a lucid gloss on a big idea awaits the reader on every page of this big, absorbing, buzzing book 100 key writings from spanning across thirty years of the acclaimed New Yorker art critic's career. Hot, Cold, Heavy, Light collects 100 key writings by Peter Schjeldahl spinning thirty years, his last twenty as the art critic of the New Yorker . In this unfailingly lucid guide to an art world in constant, dramatic flux, Schjeldahl addresses new artists and Old Masters with the same pitch of acuity, empathy, and wit. No other writer enhances the reader's experience of art in precise, jargon-free prose as he does, with reviews that are as much essay as criticism. Implicit in Schjeldahl's role as a frontline critic is a focus on artists, issues, and events of urgent relevance to the culture at large. Holt, Cold, Heavy, Light tells us why we still care about Rembrandt and Mantegna, Matisse and Picasso; takes the measure of contemporaries Basquiat and Holzer, Polke and Kiefer, Sherman and Koons; introduces us to newcomers Kerry James Marshall and Laura Owens; and salutes rediscoveries of Florine Stettheimer, Hélio Oiticica, and Peter Hujar. The book provides essential knowledge to anyone curious about the character, quality, and consequence of art today. The pieces in Hot, Cold, Heavy, Light were compiled and arranged by the critic Jarrett Earnest, with an ear attuned to Schjeldahl's range of voices. "The effect of reading him in depth, over time," Earnest says in his introduction, "is like that of great literature. You come away not only with new insights and ideas, but with a feeling of having been granted an extra life." "This is a rapturous read for art lovers and all who appreciate dynamic critical essays," — Booklist "Bruce is no longer The Boss; Peter Schjeldahl is! Hot, Cold, Heavy, Light is the apex of artistic criticism and commentary," —Steve Martin "The great New Yorker art critic writes like an angel about everyone from Vermeer to Picasso, Donatello to Andy Warhol, in beautiful, enjoyable, accessible essays across 30 years," — Philadelphia Inquirer INTRODUCTION: SEEING AS A CONTACT SPORT by Jarrett Earnest PART I: HOT & COLD HOT ANDY WARHOL WILLEM DE KOONING “WOMEN” BY WILLEM DE KOONING AND JEAN DUBUFFET ARSHILE GORKY TWO BY REMBRANDT ZURBARÁN’S CITRONS VELÁZQUEZ COURBET JACKSON POLLOCK JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT ANSELM KIEFER AT MoMA OTTO DIX PICASSO AND THE WEEPING WOMEN HENRI DE TOULOUSE-LAUTREC JANE DICKSON / KAREN FINLEY KEITH HARING, 1958–1990 REE MORTON HÉLIO OITICICA ELIZABETH MURRAY ELIZABETH PEYTON BRONZINO A VAN GOGH PORTRAIT KERRY JAMES MARSHALL HENRI MATISSE I HENRI MATISSE II COLD ANDY WARHOL’S GRAVE BALTIC VIEWS CASPAR DAVID FRIEDRICH JOSEPH BEUYS ANSELM KIEFER AT GAGOSIAN SIGMAR POLKE MARTIN KIPPENBERGER URS FISCHER SHEPARD FAIREY FREDERIC REMINGTON CHRISTOPHER WOOL WEEGEE ADOLESCENTS MARK MORRISROE LOUISE LAWLER AND INSTITUTIONAL CRITIQUE PICTURES JENNY HOLZER A THEFT IN NORWAY JUDITH LEYSTER LUCIAN FREUD FRANCIS BACON EDGAR DEGAS LUC TUYMANS PETER DOIG LAURA OWENS: A PROFILE GOYA PART II: HEAVY & LIGHT HEAVY BERLIN, 1989 REMOVAL OF THE TILTED ARC CONCRETE AND SCOTT BURTON PICASSO SCULPTURE DONATELLO AUGUSTUS SAINT-GAUDENS THE GREEKS CHARLES RAY BRUCE NAUMAN RACHEL HARRISON: A PROFILE THOMAS HIRSCHHORN JAY DEFEO ALICE NEEL PHILIP GUSTON MARTIN LUTHER THE GHENT ALTARPIECE GIORGIO MORANDI PIET MONDRIAN MANTEGNA YOUNG REMBRANDT CLEMENT GREENBERG, 1909–1994 LEO CASTELLI CINDY SHERMAN AT METRO PICTURES CINDY SHERMAN AT MoMA JEFF KOONS: SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL LIGHT FIREWORKS FELIX GONZÁLEZ-TORRES PIERO DELLA FRANCESCA GIOVANNI BELLINI AGNES MARTIN VERMEER PETER HUJAR HENRI CARTIER-BRESSON HELEN LEVITT THOMAS STRUTH MOTHER LOVE (WHISTLER) KAREN KILIMNIK DAVID HOCKNEY FRANS HALS THE AUCTIONS MARKET VALUE FAKERY MARCEL BROODTHAERS MARCEL DUCHAMP AND MAN RAY MUGHAL PAINTINGS AND ANDREW WYETH FLORINE STETTHEIMER ALBERT OEHLEN BILL TRAYLOR ABSTRACTION CREDO: THE CRITIC AS ARTIST ACKNOWLEDGING INDEX OF SEARCHABLE TERMS "Hot, Cold, Heavy, Light collects 100 key writings by Peter Schjeldahl spanning thirty years, his last twenty as the art critic of the New Yorker. In this unfailingly lucid guide to an art world in constant, dramatic flux, Schjeldahl addresses new artists and Old Masters with the same pitch of acuity, empathy, and wit. No other writer enhances the reader's experience of art in precise, jargon-free prose as he does, with reviews that are as much essay as criticism. Implicit in Schjeldahl's role as a frontline critic is a focus on artists, issues, and events of urgent relevance to the culture at large. Hot, Cold, Heavy, Light tells us why we still care about Rembrandt and Mantegna, Matisse and Picasso; takes the measure of contemporaries Basquiat and Holzer, Polke and Kiefer, Sherman and Koons; introduces us to newcomers Kerry James Marshall and Laura Owens; and salutes rediscoveries of Florine Stettheimer, Hélio Oiticica, and Peter Hujar. The book provides essential knowledge to anyone curious about the character, quality, and consequence of art today. The pieces in Hot, Cold, Heavy, Light were compiled and arranged by the critic Jarrett Earnest, with an ear attitude to Schjeldahl's range of voices. "The effect of reading him in depth, over time," Earnest says in his introduction, "is like that of great literature. You come away not only with new insights and ideas, but with a feeling of having been granted extra life." This book collects 100 key writings by Peter Schjeldahl spanning thirty years, his last twenty as the art critic of The New Yorker. In this lucid guide to an art world in constant, dramatic flux, the writer addresses new artists and Old Masters with the same pitch of acuity, empathy, and wit. No other writer enhances the reader's experience of art in precise, jargon-free prose as he does, with reviews that are as much essay as criticism. Implicit in his role as a frontline critic is a focus on artists, issues, and events of urgent relevance to the culture at large. The book tells us why we still care about Rembrandt and Mantegna, Matisse and Picasso; takes the measure of contemporaries Basquiat and Holzer, Polke and Kiefer, Sherman and Koons; introduces us to newcomers Kerry James Marshall and Laura Owens; and salutes rediscoveries of Florine Stettheimer, Hélio Oiticica, and Peter Hujar. The book provides essential knowledge to anyone curious about the character, quality, and consequence of art today. The pieces in the book were compiled and arranged by the critic Jarrett Earnest, with an ear attuned to Schjeldahl's range of voices. -- Description adapted from back cover Collects 100 key writings by Peter Schjeldahl spanning thirty years, his last twenty as the art critic of the "New Yorker." In this unfailingly lucid guide to an art world in constant, dramatic flux, Schjeldahl addresses new artists and Old Masters with the same pitch of acuity, empathy, and wit. No other writer enhances the reader's experience of art in precise, jargon-free prose as he does, with reviews that are as much essay a criticism. Implicit in Schjeldahl's role as a frontline critic is a focus on artists, issues, and events of urgent relevance to the culture at large. The book tells us why we still care about Rembrandt and Mantegna, Matisse and Picasso; takes the measure of contemporaries Basquiat and Holzer, Polke and Kiefer, Sherman and Koons; introduces us to newcomers Kerry James Marshall and Laura Owens; and salutes rediscoveries of Florine Stettheimer, Hélio Oiticica, and Peter Hujar. The book provides essential knowledge to anyone curious about the character, quality, and consequence of art today. The pieces in the book were compiled and arranged by the critic Jarrett Earnest, with an ear attuned to Schjeldahl's range of voices--Back cover