Squeak Carnwath
Sub-Title:
Painting Is No Ordinary ObjectAuthor:
Karen Tsujimoto and John YauPublisher:
Pomegranate Communications, IncorporatedPublication Date:
03-01-2009ISBN:
9780764948886Pages:
160Subjects:
ExhibitionsDescription:
Published in conjunction with the exhibition organized by the Oakland Museum of California, Squeak Carnwath: Painting Is No Ordinary Object celebrates the wonder and spirit embodied in each of Carnwath's works. Over eighty full-color reproductions trace the development of the artist's distinctive style from the 1970s to the present, while essays by curator Karen Tsujimoto and art critic John Yau explore the personal, social, and artistic context of this powerful body of work.
SQUEAK CARNWATH is the recipient of numerous awards, including a Guggenheim Fellowship and an Individual Artist Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts. Carnwath received her MFA from the California College of Arts and Crafts in 1977 and has taught at the University of California since 1982. Carnwath maintains a studio in Oakland, California, where she has lived and worked since 1970.
