Eye Contact

by William Benton

Overview

This book does what few art books do. It locates the elevated and often esoteric world of art in the personal depths of the author's life. Acclaimed poet and novelist William Benton lets us see what he sees with both candor and brilliance. As the critic Lilly Wei observed, "He tells us something about the paradoxes of love at the same time that he tells us about . . . art." From Elizabeth Bishop, whose paintings he first brought to light, to Vermeer (real and fake), from El Greco to Joan Brown to an autobiographical concordance of the drawings of Georges Seurat, Eye Contact is in every sense a dazzling encounter.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940161655313
Publisher:	Fomite
Publication date:	10/01/2018
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	9 MB

About the Author

William Benton grew up in a small town on Galveston Bay. He received his early training in music and worked as a jazz piano player before becoming a writer. His poetry has appeared in The New Yorker, The Paris Review, and other magazines. He is the author of a number of books, including Exchanging Hats: Elizabeth Bishop Paintings, The Mary Julia Paintings of Joan Brown, and Madly, a novel. His most recent book is Backlit, a collection of poems. He lives in New York City.