Raphael Rubinstein's 'Polychrome Profusion' Compiles Essays on Abstraction from 1990-2002
So, Raphael Rubinstein just released his first collection of essays called 'Polychrome Profusion: Selected Art Criticism: 1990 - 2002.' It includes 35 essays about abstract painting and sculpture, organized into five sections: Complexity and Color, Expanding the Space of Abstraction, Europa Resurgent, American Vistas, North and South, and Visual Voices. Since 1986, he’s been a notable art critic and poet, focusing on how postwar French painting influenced modern abstraction. As a senior editor at Art In America, his work appears in various art journals and catalogs, connecting past and present. This book features 16 color plates and reflects his appreciation for Mexican culture and the interplay of history, geography, and art.
Key facts
- Raphael Rubinstein's 'Polychrome Profusion' collects 35 essays from 1990-2002
- The book is organized into five thematic sections on abstraction
- Essays were originally published in Art In America, Arts Magazine, and Art Journal
- Rubinstein began publishing art criticism in 1986
- He credits Shirley Jaffe, Norman Bluhm, and George Sugarman with teaching him to look at art
- Rubinstein has been a senior editor at Art In America since the 1990s
- The collection includes symposium papers and catalog essays for galleries in Europe, Canada, and Venezuela
- The book contains 16 color plates
Entities
Artists
- Raphael Rubinstein
- Shirley Jaffe
- Norman Bluhm
- George Sugarman
Institutions
- Art In America
- Arts Magazine
- Art Journal
Locations
- Europe
- Canada
- Venezuela
- Paris
- France
- Mexico