How to See - by David Salle (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>"If John Berger's <em>Ways of Seeing</em> is a classic of art criticism, looking at the 'what' of art, then David Salle's <em>How to See</em> is the artist's reply, a brilliant series of reflections on how artists think when they make their work. The 'how' of art has perhaps never been better explored." --Salman Rushdie<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>How does art <em>work</em>? How does it move us, inform us, challenge us? Internationally renowned painter David Salle's incisive essay collection illuminates these questions by exploring the work of influential twentieth-century artists. Engaging with a wide range of Salle's friends and contemporaries--from painters to conceptual artists such as Jeff Koons, John Baldessari, Roy Lichtenstein, and Alex Katz, among others--<em>How to See</em> explores not only the multilayered personalities of the artists themselves but also the distinctive character of their oeuvres.</p><p>Salle writes with humor and verve, replacing the jargon of art theory with precise and evocative descriptions that help the reader develop a personal and intuitive engagement with art. The result: a master class on how to see with an artist's eye.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><em>How to See</em> is an exhilarating and cathartic experience[, ]... an offering of passion and generosity, and a pulsing invitation to the reader to find the same in the act of seeing.--Simone Grace Seol "National Book Review"<br><br>[A] rare mix of eminently readable art criticism and close scrutiny of process and technique. His admiring descriptions... [allow] the reader to momentarily inhabit the consciousness of an artist and to rediscover painting through his eyes.--Rachel Corbett "Vulture"<br><br>[Salle] writes about art that he admires with passion and a discerning eye.... [I]lluminating.--Glen Roven "Los Angeles Review of Books"<br><br>A remarkable painter whose writing is as fresh, vital, and startling as his canvases, Salle... talks about artists and their work in witty, jargon-free, and eminently accessible prose.--Tirdad Derakhshani "Philadelphia Inquirer"<br><br>A trenchant and light-on-its-feet collection of critical essays... about art, artists, fame, and, if you read it closely enough, what it's like to have been David Salle for all these years.--Carl Swanson "New York Magazine"<br><br>An upbeat, non-combative approach to art criticism.... [F]resh, engaging.--Roger White "New York Times Book Review"<br><br>Lovely to read.... [<em>How to See</em>] is serious but never solemn, alert to pleasure, a boulevardier's crisp stroll through the visual world.--Dwight Garner "New York Times"<br><br>We feel we are reading the latest from a commentator who has been at it for a lifetime and yet is still making discoveries and sharp, new distinctions... observations that can be funny, warm, offhandedly erudite, arch, or simply commonsensical, and that intensify the part played by art in our lives and the life of art itself.--Sanford Schwartz "New York Review of Books"<br><br>Witty, chatty, intimate, sharp.--Lorin Stein "Paris Review"<br><br>David Salle's brilliant canvases changed everything, and now his luminescent eye and voice have married in a book that is destined to alter not only how we look at art, but the language we use to describe it. His essays are a gift that, in addition to feeding one's process of intellection, nourishes one's art-loving soul. Transcendent.--Hilton Als<br>
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