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Grillo Trilogy

Art students, historians, and collectors will savor this brilliant collection and the distinct perspective it offers for viewing the breadth of Grillo's contributions to the abstract expressionist movement.

Grillo Abstract Expressionism: The Formative Years 1946-1948

Foreword by Susan Landauer


Price: $50.00 (CAN $55.00). Coffee Table book, 10.5" x 11.5" 134 pages, hard cover. 2 B/W Photos, 60 Color Illustrations, Four-color interior. Distribution Rights: WOR. ISBN: ISBN: 978-0-9823196-6-6.

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Vivid and stimulating, this lush monograph focuses on the watercolors that artist John Grillo created during his three years in San Francisco and his major but heretofore unrecognized contributions to the abstract expressionist movement. This collection, featuring more than 60 color plates, also includes an artist's statement that will give readers firsthand insight into the mind and creations of one of the finest "action painters" in the postwar West Coast scene. Art students learning about watercolor media, art historians studying abstract expressionism, and collectors of abstract expressionist art will be thrilled by this brilliant new contribution to Grillo scholarship.

Susan Landauer is an independent art curator and a writer. She is the author of Clyfford Still: The Buffalo and San Francisco Collections and is the coauthor of Obata's Yosemite. She lives in Oakland, California.

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Grillo: Abstract Expressionism, Beyond the Fifties

Foreword by Donald Kuspit.


Price: $50.00 (CAN $55.00). Coffee Table book, 10.5" x 11.5", 134 pages,60 color photos, hard cover. Distribution Rights: WOR. ISBN: 978-0-9823196-8-0.

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A lush collection of John Grillo's artwork that spans two decades. Filled with images of the vivid and luminous paintings that artist John Grillo is best known for, this vibrant exploration observes the many facets of the artist's abstract expressionist work. Spanning the years between the 1950s and the late 1960s, more than 60 color plates showcase Grillo's abilities to express pure emotion on canvas via color and texture, to embrace "accidents," and to celebrate painting itself as a communicative action. Art students, historians, and collectors will savor this brilliant collection and the distinct perspective it offers for viewing the breadth of Grillo's contributions to the abstract expressionist movement.

Donald Kuspit is a distinguished professor of art history and philosophy at the State University of New York-Stony Brook and a contributing editor to Artforum, New Art Examiner, Sculpture, and Tema Celeste, as well as an editor of Art Criticism. He is the author of numerous articles and several books, including April Gornik, The End of Art, and Hiroshi Senju. He lives in New York City.

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Grillo: Expressionism, Figurative Works

Foreword by Robert A. Whyte


Price: $50.00 (CAN $55.00). Coffee Table book, 10.5" x 11.5" 144 pages, 60 color photos, hard cover. Distribution Rights: WOR. ISBN:978-0-9846186-5-1

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An inspirational collection of one artist's work from the last 30 years. Artist John Grillo's contributions to the expressionist movement from the 1980s through the present are explored in this colorful examination of his work. Through the use of color and texture and by embracing "accidents," Grillo was known for relaying his expression of pure emotion directly onto the canvas. More than 60 color plates of the artist's figurative theme works, including "Circus," "El Dorado," "Tango," "Jealousy," "Opera," and the "Marilyn" series, are included in this compendium and offer the unique opportunity to observe the artist's emotion firsthand. Art historians, students, and enthusiasts will appreciate this complete, modern collection of a seminal artist's work.

Robert A. Whyte is the curator emeritus of the Museo Italo Americano. For 20 years he was the director of education at the San Francisco Museum of Art. He lives in San Francisco.

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