FRANK HERRMANN PAINTINGS 1999 - 2000

 

DAAP Guggenheim Winner Releases Book Featuring Unique Paintings.

Available now is a hardbound book, presenting my paintings specific to the Asmat culture of New Guinea from 1999-2010.

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This sixty-four page monograph includes artist statement and statement about the paintings. There are thirty-nine (39) pages covering forty-five (45) paintings, nine (9) pages of full-page details and studio shots, two reference paintings, John Walker and Gauguin, and a map. All illustrations are in full color.

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The foreword is by Robert K. Wallace, Regents Professor of English at Northern Kentucky University and past president of the Melville Society. His books include Melville and Turner: Spheres of Love and Fright and Frank Stella's Moby-Dick: Words and Shapes.

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The essay is by Ruth K. Meyer who holds a PhD in Art History from the University of Minnesota, MA in Art History from Brown University, and a BFA from DAAP at the University of Cincinnati. She has been active as a museum curator, director and professor. She is a contributing editor of The Artists Magazine and also has published art criticism in Art in America.

Photography is by Tony Walsh. Book design is by Paul Neff also a DAAP alumnus.

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Email me if you are interested in a copy of the book.

Sincerely,

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Frank Herrmann

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