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Overview
Fischl rebelled against the conceptual and minimalist art that was in fashion at the time to paint compelling portraits of everyday people that captured the unspoken tensions in their lives. Bad Boy candidly follows Fischl’s maturation both as an artist and sculptor, the impact of his dysfunctional family on his art, and his inevitable fall from grace as a new generation of artists takes center stage, and he is forced to grapple with his legacy and place among museums and collectors who paid millions of dollars for his canvases. Beautifully written, and as courageously revealing as his most provocative paintings, Bad Boy takes the reader on a roller coaster ride through the passion and politics of the art world as it has rarely been seen before.
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Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781628727302 |
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Publisher: | Arcade |
Publication date: | 11/08/2016 |
Pages: | 384 |
Product dimensions: | 5.90(w) x 8.30(h) x 1.10(d) |
About the Author
Michael Stone is a veteran journalist who covered the New York scene for New York magazine for over a decade. He has over a dozen cover stories to his credit, including newsbreaking features on John Gotti, Robert Chambers, and the Central Park Jogger. This is his first book. He lives in New York City.
Table of Contents
1 Mr. Laughter: Spring 1986 1
2 Childhood: 1948-1965 8
Other Voices: Holly Fischl Giloth 17
Laurie Fischl Whittle 18
Holly Fischl Giloth 20
3 First Love, Last Rites: 1963-1970 21
Other Voices: Holly Fischl Giloth 41
4 Calarts: 1970-1971 44
Other Voices: Ross Bleckner 65
Alana (Lannie) Johnston 66
David Salle 69
5 Chicago: 1972-1974 71
Other Voices: Bill Swaim 78
6 Halifax: 1974-1978 79
Other Voices: Allan Hacklin 90
7 April: 1975-1978 93
8 New York: 1978-1980 110
Other Voices: April Gornik 123
9 Surfing: 1980-1981 126
Other Voices: Ross Bleckner 142
Julian Schnabel 144
Bryan Hunt 148
10 Bad Boy: 1981-1983 149
Other Voices: Julian Schnabel 166
11 Making It: 1983-1984 167
Other Voices: Ross Bleckner 175
12 Conflict: 1984 176
Other Voices: David Salle 186
13 Vanity: 1984-1986 189
Other Voices: Mary Boone 208
14 Hangover: 1986-1990 210
Other Voices: Bruce Ferguson 226
15 India and Japan: 1989 228
16 Malaise: 1990-1992 240
Other Voices: Marsha Norman 252
Ralph Gibson 253
17 New Directions: 1992-1995 255
Other Voices: Mike Nichols 270
Marsha Norman 271
John McEnroe 273
18 The Meaning of Life: 1995-2002 275
Other Voices: Laurie Fischl Whittle 293
Holly Fischl Giloth 294
Robbie Baitz 297
19 Soul in Flight: 1997-2002 299
Other Voices: John Fischl 323
Steve Martin 324
20 Summing Up: 2002-2012 329
Acknowledgments 345
Index 347