
Agnes Martin
Gorgeously quiet in color and composition, Agnes Martin's paintings have a distinctive grace that sets them apart from those of the Abstract Expressionists of her day and the Minimalist artists she inspired. Martin attributed her grid-based works to metaphysical motivations, lending a serene complexity to her oeuvre that has defied any easy categorization. Perhaps for this reason, critical and scholarly analysis of her paintings has been scarce-until now. This important new anthology brings together the most current scholarship on Martin's paintings by essayists considering the many facets of the artist's four-decade career. Organized by Dia Art Foundation, whose extensive holdings of Martin's paintings and ambitions to support in-depth research on the works are unparalleled, the publication brings renewed focus and energy to Martin's career and her contributions to the art historical narrative.
Publication Details
- Publisher
- Dia Art Foundation and Yale University Press
- ISBN
- 9780300151053
- Publication date
- 2011
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 240 pages
- Dimension
- 7.5 x 10 in.
- Publication credits
- Edited by Lynne Cooke and Karen Kelly. Essays by Rhea Anastas, Lynne Cooke, Douglas Crimp, Suzanne Hudson, Jonathan D. Katz, Zoe Leonard, Jaleh Mansoor, Michael Newman, Christina Bryan Rosenberger, and Anne M. Wagner
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Agnes Martin
Agnes Martin was born in Macklin, Canada, in 1912. She died in rural New Mexico in 2004.
Related Exhibitions

Exhibition
Agnes Martin: "...going forward into unknown territory..." Early Paintings 1957-1967
May 16, 2004–April 11, 2005, Dia Beacon
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Exhibition
Agnes Martin: "...unknown territory..." Paintings from the 1960s
April 4–November 17, 2005, Dia Beacon
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Exhibition
Agnes Martin: To the Islands: Paintings 1974-79
December 2, 2005–June 26, 2006, Dia Beacon
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Exhibition
Agnes Martin: A Field of Vision: Paintings from the 1980s
August 3, 2006–March 5, 2007, Dia Beacon
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Exhibition
Agnes Martin: Homage to [a] Life: Paintings 1990-2004
April 6–November 26, 2007, Dia Beacon
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Exhibition
Agnes Martin
December 13, 2008–March 26, 2017, Dia Beacon
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