{"product_id":"the-lives-of-artists-collected-profiles-9780714879369","title":"The Lives of Artists: Collected Profiles","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Calvin Tomkins\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Phaidon Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Phaidon Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Individual Artists - Essays\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe definitive collection of artist profiles by legendary journalist and New Yorker writer Calvin Tomkins, from the 1960s to today\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e When Calvin Tomkins joined \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e as a staff writer in 1960, he did not plan to make art and living artists his main subjects. And yet, auspiciously for the magazine and its readers, Tomkins did just that. For the last six decades, his profiles of contemporary artists, \u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003efrom Jasper Johns and Robert Rauschenberg to Cindy Sherman and Mark Bradford\u003cb\u003e, \u003c\/b\u003ehave become the liveliest and most authoritative guide to the art of our time. These six volumes contain eighty-two of Tomkins's profiles, from 1962 to 2019. Balancing insight and observation with wit, candor, and appreciation, Tomkins is a master of the profile--his indelible prose forming fascinating portraits, each a work of art in its own right. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Phaidon Press","offers":[{"title":"Boxed Set","offer_id":45298643632279,"sku":"9780714879369","price":9312.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780714879369.webp?v=1769284486","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-lives-of-artists-collected-profiles-9780714879369","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}