ROBERT MANGOLD

Robert Mangold is one of the most significant American painters to have emerged in the late twentieth century. His work is collected in the world’s finest museums (the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam; the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York), and he has exhibited internationally since the 1960s. This is the first and most comprehensive monograph on this extraordinary artist, with contributions by some of the most respected art critics writing today. Mangold was greatly influenced by the Abstract Expressionism, and his paintings maintain the large scale and bold immediacy associated with artists such as Barnett Newman and Mark Rothko. Emerging in the 1960s alongside such artists as Richard Serra and Sol LeWitt, Mangold is often associated with practices of Minimalism because of his straightforward and geometric compositions. In contrast to the hard-edged Minimlaists, however, Mangold’s gently curved paintings and subtle, evocative colours recall a variety of sources, from frescos to traditional Greek ceramics. With a beauty, quiet and sensitivity reminiscent of the work of Piero della Francesca, Mangold’s art investigates the state of painting today, resulting in over thirty years’ worth of important avantgarde art – and some of the most magnificent abstract paintings being produced today.