{"product_id":"the-art-prophets-isbn-9781590514061","title":"The Art Prophets","description":"In \u003ci\u003eThe Art Prophets, \u003c\/i\u003eRichard Polsky introduces us to influential late twentieth-century dealers and tastemakers in the art world. These risk takers opened doors for artists, identified new movements, and resurrected art forms that had fallen into obscurity. In this distinctive tour, Polsky offers an insightful and engaging dialog between artists and the visionaries who paved their way.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIvan Karp and Pop Art\u003cbr\u003eStan Lee and Comic Book Art\u003cbr\u003eChet Helms, Bill Graham, and the Art of the Poster\u003cbr\u003eJohn Ollman and Outsider Art\u003cbr\u003eJoshua Baer and Native American Art\u003cbr\u003eVirginia Dwan and Earthworks\u003cbr\u003eTod Volpe and Ceramics\u003cbr\u003eJeffrey Fraenkel and Photography\u003cbr\u003eLouis Meisel and Photorealism\u003cbr\u003eTony Shafrazi and Street Art“[An] entertaining book of essays… Polsky’s inside information and chatty tone make for a stimulating read.” —Artinfo.com\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“[\u003ci\u003eThe Art Prophets\u003c\/i\u003e is] an honor for every prophet profiled, and a surprising, smart read for creative aficionados, or anyone interested in art’s future and the icons who paved the way.” —Royal Young, InterviewMagazine.com\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Clear, concise and energized by the author’s fiery passion for his subject.” —\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e“Part art history, part character study and biography, this wonderful book about the business of art reads like a runaway horse. You don’t dare jump off! Hang on and enjoy every page.”— Sophy Burnham, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Art Crowd\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e“…A highly readable and fascinating look at the last 50-plus years of art history, rendered concisely in a few hundred pages.” –Carol Inkellis,\u003ci\u003e Pacific Sun\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eRichard Polsky \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of \u003ci\u003eI Sold Andy Warhol (Too Soon), I Bought Andy Warhol, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Art Market Guide \u003c\/i\u003e(1995–1998). He began his professional career in the art world thirty-two years ago and in 1984 founded Acme Art, where he showed the work of such artists as Joseph Cornell, Ed Ruscha, Andy Warhol, and Bill Traylor. Since 1989 he has been a private dealer specializing in works by postwar artists, with an emphasis on Pop Art. He lives in Sausalito, California.The evening was billed as “Ivan Karp Live in Los Angeles.” Not since Irving Blum’s Ferus Gallery first exhibited Andy Warhol’s original Soup Can paintings in 1962\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003ehad the spirit of Warhol returned to L.A. Twenty-five years later, here was the man who discovered Warhol—a dealer who rarely traveled above Fourteenth Street in Manhattan, let alone cross-country — about to descend on the art scene New York viewed with contempt as its lightweight counterpart. Great things were expected: revelations about the art world, never heard before anecdotes about Pop Art, secret histories of the period’s key figures.\u003cbr\u003e   Jack Glenn had labored overtime to promote Karp’s visit, taking out ads in art magazines and working the phones to drum up a crowd. Now Glenn stood there, beaming at a space packed with artists, dealers, and collectors hoping to see the celebrated figure who had literally altered the course of art history by spotting the Pop Art zeitgeist. Though Karp was only in his late fifties at the time, he had already been credited with identifying a second important art movement—Photorealism. Would tonight be the night that he revealed a third?","brand":"Other Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46302364303589,"sku":"NP9781590514061","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781590514061.jpg?v=1767738200","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/the-art-prophets-isbn-9781590514061","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}