Abbott Stillman
Skira (Publisher)
Published on 2. April 2026
Book
Hardback
200 pages
978-88-572-5420-3 (ISBN)
Description
The first publication of the paintings by the American contemporary artist
>Abbott Stillman attended MIT's School of Architecture and Planning and after graduating from MIT he built an award-winning and highly respected career. He started painting in the 1980s, never intending to show his work beyond family and friends. The artist had a successful career in real estate development and all the while maintained a studio practice that, over the course of these many years, has produced a remarkable depth and breadth of work. If there is a through line to his collected paintings it consists of some combination of ambiguity, exuberance, balance, and harmony all in service to his central, and optimistic, beliefs about the human condition.
His paintings are compositions of rich color, often in abstracted grounds and spaces that evoke deep emotional responses.
>Abbott Stillman attended MIT's School of Architecture and Planning and after graduating from MIT he built an award-winning and highly respected career. He started painting in the 1980s, never intending to show his work beyond family and friends. The artist had a successful career in real estate development and all the while maintained a studio practice that, over the course of these many years, has produced a remarkable depth and breadth of work. If there is a through line to his collected paintings it consists of some combination of ambiguity, exuberance, balance, and harmony all in service to his central, and optimistic, beliefs about the human condition.
His paintings are compositions of rich color, often in abstracted grounds and spaces that evoke deep emotional responses.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Milan
Italy
Illustrations
225
Dimensions
Height: 248 mm
Width: 309 mm
Thickness: 37 mm
Weight
1776 gr
ISBN-13
978-88-572-5420-3 (9788857254203)
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Barry Schwabsky is an American art critic, art historian and poet. He has taught at the School of Visual Arts, Pratt Institute, New York University, Yale University, and Goldsmiths College, among others. He is art critic for The Nation and co-editor of international reviews for Artforum; his essays have appeared in many other publications, including Flash Art, Contemporary, Artforum, London Review of Books and Art in America. Kathy Battista is a writer, curator, and teacher. She is author of several books and publishes regularly in academic journals and artist catalogues. Battista founded a MA program in Contemporary Art for Sotheby's Institute of Art NY and has taught in England, the US, Italy, Saudi Arabia, Mexico, and China.
Daniel S. Palmer is chief curator at the SCAD Museum of Art in Savannah, Georgia. Previously he has held curatorial posts at Public Art Fund, the Jewish Museum, and the Whitney Museum of American Art. He earned a Ph.D. from the CUNY Graduate Center and a B.A. from Rutgers University.
Daniel S. Palmer is chief curator at the SCAD Museum of Art in Savannah, Georgia. Previously he has held curatorial posts at Public Art Fund, the Jewish Museum, and the Whitney Museum of American Art. He earned a Ph.D. from the CUNY Graduate Center and a B.A. from Rutgers University.