Jack Tworkov Against Extremes
UBS Gallery until October 27
Jason Andrew of Norte Maar has put together an interesting overview of Jack Tworkovs career, and I must say, I knew the work, but didn’t know the work if you know what I mean. His later work seems to really be driven by his internal process to continue to create and at the same time it fully resonates with his earlier work.
Extreme of the Middle: Writings of Jack Tworkov
I was fortunate enough to be invited to the Guggenheim for a program of readings from Mira Schor’s well edited new publication Extreme of the Middle: Writings of Jack Tworkov. Among the readers were Robert Mangold, Robert Moskowitz, and Mary Heilman. I resisted the impulse to go gush over a couple of my favorite artists of all time, instead I was amazed by the number of people from Bushwick who all made the journey north for the evening. Austin and Sharon seem to think the Tworkov/Schor book is the replacement for Robert Henri’s book. They could very well be right.
The Tworkov book really rocks my world. Unlike Henri, the Tworkov book isn't something you can read straight through. But there are a few entries that I keep returning to. Definitely required reading!