Curator and historian, gallerist and writer, Klaus Kertess has long been a decisive and forward-thinking presence in the art world. He founded the Bykert Gallery in 1966, where he represented artists including Chuck Close, Ralph Humphrey, Brice Marden and Dorothea Rockburne; three decades later, he curated the 1995 Whitney Biennial, the follow-up to the famously political iteration. This volume collects Kertess's art writings from the past 30 years, including meditations on Willem de Kooning, Agnes Martin, Joan Mitchell, John Chamberlain, Vija Celmins, Chris Ofili, Carroll Dunham and many others. With each essay accompanied by full-color reproductions of works discussed, Seen, Written provides a priceless opportunity to see art through the eyes of a lifelong viewer.
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