John Nugent : Modernism in Isolation

Pincus-Witten traces Nugent's career as a constructivist sculptor, stressing his invention of a personal modernism in virtual isolation. Bismanis discusses strategies of isolation which circumvent the oppressive dogmatism of Canadian art movements. Biographical notes. 12 bibl. ref

Eye to Eye : Twenty Years of Art Criticism

"Robert Pincus-Witten's criticism shows the importance of the critic's growing sense of his individuality for his interpretation of his age's art. From being academically oriented, a kind of conventional art history, Pincus-Witten's criticism has become increasingly unconventional social history, because increasingly personal." -- p. ix-x

Ten Years, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago : A View of a Decade, 1967-1977

In this exhibition catalogue that celebrates one decade of art at the museum through the work of 90 American and European artists, Friedman's essay takes as its subject the 1960s and its various artistic movements. While Pincus-Witten recaps the 1970s, Gay questions the role of the museum as collector and selector of things culturally valuable