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Guston in Time
Ross Feld

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PROJECT STATUS: This project was proposed by the Hol Editors and is open for anyone to take the lead on. Using the links at left, apply to join the team and help make this book happen. This is a book of correspondences and personal memories with painter Philip Guston (1913–1980), from writer and close friend of the artist, Ross Feld. At the most basic level, Guston is perhaps best known for the dramatic visual changes in his work over the course of his career—from muralist, to abstract, to figurative and notably cartoon-like. Publishers Weekly: "The book is valuable too, for the light it sheds on the often ill-understood reciprocal nature of the relationships between artists and critics.... Guston himself is abundantly present, not only in Feld's reminiscences... but in the many letters to Feld that are included. Such generosity is typical of this remarkable volume, which recalls Rilke's Letters on Cezanne in its joyful intensity." Project Notes: This book is currently in print but available in a hardcover edition only. First published in 2003 it might be the right time to revitalize the title with a newly designed and less expensive paperback version. If an interested team were to form, their first step would be to contact the original publisher (Counterpoint) to gauge the possibility of a new or revised edition. As with every team member, the original publisher would receive a percentage of earnings for the right to reissue the book in a specified form.