The Bride and the Bachelors

by Calvin Tomkins

Overview

The Bride and the Bachelors, published here in a revised and expanded edition, is one of the essential art books of the last half-century. Its witty and readable accounts of the lives and work of Marcel Duchamp, John Cage, Jean Tinguely, Robert Rauschenberg, and Merce Cunningham reveal the ways in which they influenced one another, and opened the way to new perspectives on the nature and purpose of art. The addition of Tomkins's more recent profile of Jasper Johns, as he reflects on his six-decade career, completes the cycle and provides fresh insight on the ever-shifting relationships between art and contemporary life. This edition also includes a new introduction by the author.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940149521180
Publisher:	Gagosian Gallery
Publication date:	04/12/2014
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	484
File size:	683 KB

About the Author

Calvin Tomkins has written more than a dozen books, including the bestseller Living Well Is the Best Revenge and the critically acclaimed biography Duchamp, both to be re-released in 2014 as revised editions by the Museum of Modern Art. He has been a staff writer at The New Yorker since 1960, and is best known for his profiles of art world personalities. He lives in New York City with his wife, Dodie Kazanjian.