The Extreme of the Middle

Reviews / Votes

"In the course of his long life as a painter, Jack Tworkov became an important figure in the maturation of abstract art in America."-Richard Armstrong, director of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation and Museum -- Richard Armstrong "Jack Tworkov was a free thinker in an ideological time. This collection is an indispensable addition to the story of American art."-Mark Stevens, co author of the Pulitzer Prize winning biography de Kooning: An American Master -- Mark Stevens "[The] definitive collection of Tworkov's writing . . . most notably it unearths extensive selections from Tworkov's diaries."-New Criterion * New Criterion * "Tworkov, one of the original Abstract Expressionists whose mark on the history of painting is inexpugnable, accomplished a great deal in a long and rich life, not only as an artist but as a teacher and a mensch. And his writings are a considerable contribution to the art history of his time. Their subject is not so much aesthetics or form as the ethics of art."-Barry Schwabsky, The Nation -- Barry Schwabsky * Nation * "Mira Schor, who knew Tworkov from her childhood, has done a scrupulous job in editing his journals, letters, notebooks, and essays. . . . It's a big book with informative footnotes, interesting photographs, and a sampling of Tworkov's paintings reproduced in color."-William Corbett, Art in New England -- William Corbett * Art in New England *