Work of Art : How Something Comes from Nothing by Adam Moss (2024, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
ISBN-10
059329758X
ISBN-13
9780593297582
eBay Product ID (ePID)
21061949784
Product Key Features
Book Title
Work of Art : How Something Comes from Nothing
Number of Pages
432 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2024
Topic
History & Criticism, Criticism & Theory, General
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Design, Art, Psychology
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.5 in
Item Weight
48.1 Oz
Item Length
9.5 in
Item Width
7.7 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2023-038445
Reviews
" The Work of Art is a case study in creativity featuring preeminent artists of our time." -- Vanity Fair " The Work of Art is Moss at his most curious and engaging... Seductive, enthralling and a joy to read." -- Air Mail "This book is--and I really want people to hear it: It''s a piece of art." --Ezra Klein, The Ezra Klein Show "Gorgeously illustrated . . . Fabulous insights into the artist''s work." --NBC, "Today in New York" "Very much a museum, the book shows how ideas can be taken from seed to fruition, a skill Moss honed as the editor of New York magazine. Readers will linger in these galleries as they consider the ideas of more than 40 creatives working in art forms that include sculpting, painting, cooking, writing, and even building sandcastles. The artists represented here are an extraordinary group, with such luminaries as Louise Glück, Kara Walker, Stephen Sondheim, and Ira Glass. Visitors to Moss''s museum will delight in its visual styling, with every detail--font, layout, design, color--governed by a spare but finely appointed aesthetic. The artifacts that accompany each section prove fascinating . . . Moss strikes the perfect balance with his tone: breezy and conversational but driven by intellectual curiosity . . . Throughout The Work of Art, Moss chases the origin and evolution of creativity, a lofty but highly practical goal, especially to emerging creatives looking for inspiration. He may not solve that elusive puzzle, but readers will love the treasure trove of wisdom he uncovers." --Shelf Awareness "A panoply of artists offer a rare peek into the mysteries and mundanities of the creative process in this captivating compendium . . . Moss concludes on a fascinating note, musing that while ''artists don''t have more interesting dreams than the rest of us,'' they do possess ''an unusual ability to cross over--to get entrance to that inarticulable place, and then to capture what they can make use of.'' It''s a must-read for creatives of all stripes." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review) "In this handsome book, [Adam Moss] interviews more than 40 creators in all disciplines who ''walk me through, in as much detail as they could muster, the evolution of a novel, a painting, a photograph, a movie, a joke, a song, and to supply physical documentation of their process.'' Many of the creators are well known, including Stephen Sondheim, Louise Glück, Twyla Tharp, and George Saunders . . . The book is amply illustrated, with sketches for dress designs, notes on animation, preliminary concepts for buildings, doodled ideas on coffee-stained napkins, and more . . . this is an inspiring work, especially for anyone struggling to create art and wondering whether the slogs and endless false starts are worth the effort. An encouraging book dedicated to the pleasures and agonies of making art." -- Kirkus Reviews " The Work of Art by Adam Moss is a handsome, strikingly designed, color-glossy book of interviews with all manner of artists . . . Moss''s voice is distinct--sympathetic, appreciative, confessional, generous, curious, humorous--as he compares the anguish and achievements of others with his own continuing struggles to be a painter . . . The book is clearly a work of love . . . " --WSHU Public Radio "[A] revelatory window on the creative process at the crossing point of the mystical and the methodical through conversations with and reflections by some of the most beloved artists of our time--poets, painters, novelists, musicians, filmmakers, playwrights, architects, chefs--each centered on how a particular work came to be . . . The Work of Art is a magnificent read in its entirety, lush with ephemera from the understory of creativity--discarded drafts, handwritten journal pages, preliminary sketches and prototypes, notes from the subconscious scribbled in the middle of the night." --Maria Popova, The Marginalian, "A panoply of artists offer a rare peek into the mysteries and mundanities of the creative process in this captivating compendium . . . Moss concludes on a fascinating note, musing that while 'artists don't have more interesting dreams than the rest of us,' they do possess 'an unusual ability to cross over--to get entrance to that inarticulable place, and then to capture what they can make use of.' It's a must-read for creatives of all stripes." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review) "In this handsome book, [Adam Moss] interviews more than 40 creators in all disciplines who 'walk me through, in as much detail as they could muster, the evolution of a novel, a painting, a photograph, a movie, a joke, a song, and to supply physical documentation of their process.' Many of the creators are well known, including Stephen Sondheim, Louise Glück, Twyla Tharp, and George Saunders . . . The book is amply illustrated, with sketches for dress designs, notes on animation, preliminary concepts for buildings, doodled ideas on coffee-stained napkins, and more . . . this is an inspiring work, especially for anyone struggling to create art and wondering whether the slogs and endless false starts are worth the effort. An encouraging book dedicated to the pleasures and agonies of making art." -- Kirkus Reviews " The Work of Art by Adam Moss is a handsome, strikingly designed, color-glossy book of interviews with all manner of artists . . . Moss's voice is distinct--sympathetic, appreciative, confessional, generous, curious, humorous--as he compares the anguish and achievements of others with his own continuing struggles to be a painter . . . The book is clearly a work of love . . . " --WSHU Public Radio, " The Work of Art is a case study in creativity featuring preeminent artists of our time." -- Vanity Fair "Gorgeously illustrated . . . Fabulous insights into the artist's work." --NBC "A panoply of artists offer a rare peek into the mysteries and mundanities of the creative process in this captivating compendium . . . Moss concludes on a fascinating note, musing that while 'artists don't have more interesting dreams than the rest of us,' they do possess 'an unusual ability to cross over--to get entrance to that inarticulable place, and then to capture what they can make use of.' It's a must-read for creatives of all stripes." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review) "In this handsome book, [Adam Moss] interviews more than 40 creators in all disciplines who 'walk me through, in as much detail as they could muster, the evolution of a novel, a painting, a photograph, a movie, a joke, a song, and to supply physical documentation of their process.' Many of the creators are well known, including Stephen Sondheim, Louise Glück, Twyla Tharp, and George Saunders . . . The book is amply illustrated, with sketches for dress designs, notes on animation, preliminary concepts for buildings, doodled ideas on coffee-stained napkins, and more . . . this is an inspiring work, especially for anyone struggling to create art and wondering whether the slogs and endless false starts are worth the effort. An encouraging book dedicated to the pleasures and agonies of making art." -- Kirkus Reviews " The Work of Art by Adam Moss is a handsome, strikingly designed, color-glossy book of interviews with all manner of artists . . . Moss's voice is distinct--sympathetic, appreciative, confessional, generous, curious, humorous--as he compares the anguish and achievements of others with his own continuing struggles to be a painter . . . The book is clearly a work of love . . . " --WSHU Public Radio, " The Work of Art is Moss at his most curious and engaging... Seductive, enthralling and a joy to read." -- Air Mail "This book is--and I really want people to hear it: It's a piece of art." --Ezra Klein, The Ezra Klein Show "Gorgeously illustrated . . . Fabulous insights into the artist's work." --NBC, "Today in New York" " The Work of Art is a case study in creativity featuring preeminent artists of our time." -- Vanity Fair "A panoply of artists offer a rare peek into the mysteries and mundanities of the creative process in this captivating compendium . . . Moss concludes on a fascinating note, musing that while 'artists don't have more interesting dreams than the rest of us,' they do possess 'an unusual ability to cross over--to get entrance to that inarticulable place, and then to capture what they can make use of.' It's a must-read for creatives of all stripes." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review) "In this handsome book, [Adam Moss] interviews more than 40 creators in all disciplines who 'walk me through, in as much detail as they could muster, the evolution of a novel, a painting, a photograph, a movie, a joke, a song, and to supply physical documentation of their process.' Many of the creators are well known, including Stephen Sondheim, Louise Glück, Twyla Tharp, and George Saunders . . . The book is amply illustrated, with sketches for dress designs, notes on animation, preliminary concepts for buildings, doodled ideas on coffee-stained napkins, and more . . . this is an inspiring work, especially for anyone struggling to create art and wondering whether the slogs and endless false starts are worth the effort. An encouraging book dedicated to the pleasures and agonies of making art." -- Kirkus Reviews " The Work of Art by Adam Moss is a handsome, strikingly designed, color-glossy book of interviews with all manner of artists . . . Moss's voice is distinct--sympathetic, appreciative, confessional, generous, curious, humorous--as he compares the anguish and achievements of others with his own continuing struggles to be a painter . . . The book is clearly a work of love . . . " --WSHU Public Radio "[A] revelatory window on the creative process at the crossing point of the mystical and the methodical through conversations with and reflections by some of the most beloved artists of our time--poets, painters, novelists, musicians, filmmakers, playwrights, architects, chefs--each centered on how a particular work came to be . . . The Work of Art is a magnificent read in its entirety, lush with ephemera from the understory of creativity--discarded drafts, handwritten journal pages, preliminary sketches and prototypes, notes from the subconscious scribbled in the middle of the night." --Maria Popova, The Marginalian, "A panoply of artists offer a rare peek into the mysteries and mundanities of the creative process in this captivating compendium . . . Moss concludes on a fascinating note, musing that while 'artists don't have more interesting dreams than the rest of us,' they do possess 'an unusual ability to cross over--to get entrance to that inarticulable place, and then to capture what they can make use of.' It's a must-read for creatives of all stripes." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review) "In this handsome book, [Adam Moss] interviews more than 40 creators in all disciplines who 'walk me through, in as much detail as they could muster, the evolution of a novel, a painting, a photograph, a movie, a joke, a song, and to supply physical documentation of their process.' Many of the creators are well known, including Stephen Sondheim, Louise Glück, Twyla Tharp, and George Saunders . . . The book is amply illustrated, with sketches for dress designs, notes on animation, preliminary concepts for buildings, doodled ideas on coffee-stained napkins, and more . . . this is an inspiring work, especially for anyone struggling to create art and wondering whether the slogs and endless false starts are worth the effort. An encouraging book dedicated to the pleasures and agonies of making art." -- Kirkus Reviews, " The Work of Art is a case study in creativity featuring preeminent artists of our time." -- Vanity Fair "The book is a piece of art. It's a beautiful object." -Ezra Klein, The Ezra Klein Show "Gorgeously illustrated . . . Fabulous insights into the artist's work." --NBC, "Today in New York" "A panoply of artists offer a rare peek into the mysteries and mundanities of the creative process in this captivating compendium . . . Moss concludes on a fascinating note, musing that while 'artists don't have more interesting dreams than the rest of us,' they do possess 'an unusual ability to cross over--to get entrance to that inarticulable place, and then to capture what they can make use of.' It's a must-read for creatives of all stripes." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review) "In this handsome book, [Adam Moss] interviews more than 40 creators in all disciplines who 'walk me through, in as much detail as they could muster, the evolution of a novel, a painting, a photograph, a movie, a joke, a song, and to supply physical documentation of their process.' Many of the creators are well known, including Stephen Sondheim, Louise Glück, Twyla Tharp, and George Saunders . . . The book is amply illustrated, with sketches for dress designs, notes on animation, preliminary concepts for buildings, doodled ideas on coffee-stained napkins, and more . . . this is an inspiring work, especially for anyone struggling to create art and wondering whether the slogs and endless false starts are worth the effort. An encouraging book dedicated to the pleasures and agonies of making art." -- Kirkus Reviews " The Work of Art by Adam Moss is a handsome, strikingly designed, color-glossy book of interviews with all manner of artists . . . Moss's voice is distinct--sympathetic, appreciative, confessional, generous, curious, humorous--as he compares the anguish and achievements of others with his own continuing struggles to be a painter . . . The book is clearly a work of love . . . " --WSHU Public Radio, " The Work of Art is Moss at his most curious and engaging... Seductive, enthralling and a joy to read." -- Air Mail "This book is -- and I really want people to hear it: It's a piece of art." --Ezra Klein, The Ezra Klein Show "Gorgeously illustrated . . . Fabulous insights into the artist's work." --NBC, "Today in New York" " The Work of Art is a case study in creativity featuring preeminent artists of our time." -- Vanity Fair "A panoply of artists offer a rare peek into the mysteries and mundanities of the creative process in this captivating compendium . . . Moss concludes on a fascinating note, musing that while 'artists don't have more interesting dreams than the rest of us,' they do possess 'an unusual ability to cross over--to get entrance to that inarticulable place, and then to capture what they can make use of.' It's a must-read for creatives of all stripes." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review) "In this handsome book, [Adam Moss] interviews more than 40 creators in all disciplines who 'walk me through, in as much detail as they could muster, the evolution of a novel, a painting, a photograph, a movie, a joke, a song, and to supply physical documentation of their process.' Many of the creators are well known, including Stephen Sondheim, Louise Glück, Twyla Tharp, and George Saunders . . . The book is amply illustrated, with sketches for dress designs, notes on animation, preliminary concepts for buildings, doodled ideas on coffee-stained napkins, and more . . . this is an inspiring work, especially for anyone struggling to create art and wondering whether the slogs and endless false starts are worth the effort. An encouraging book dedicated to the pleasures and agonies of making art." -- Kirkus Reviews " The Work of Art by Adam Moss is a handsome, strikingly designed, color-glossy book of interviews with all manner of artists . . . Moss's voice is distinct--sympathetic, appreciative, confessional, generous, curious, humorous--as he compares the anguish and achievements of others with his own continuing struggles to be a painter . . . The book is clearly a work of love . . . " --WSHU Public Radio
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The
Dewey Edition
23/eng/20231218
Dewey Decimal
701/.15
Synopsis
What is the work of art? In this guided tour inside the artist's head, Adam Moss traces the evolution of transcendent novels, paintings, jokes, movies, songs, and more. Weaving conversations with some of the most accomplished artists of our time together with the journal entries, napkin doodles, and sketches that were their tools, Moss breaks down the work - the tortuous paths and artistic decisions - that led to great art. From first glimmers to second thoughts, roads not taken, crises, breakthroughs, on to one triumphant finish after another. Featuring: Kara Walker, Tony Kushner, Roz Chast, Michael Cunningham, Moses Sumney, Sofia Coppola, Stephen Sondheim, Susan Meiselas, Louise Gluck, Maria de Los Angeles, Nico Muhly, Thomas Bartlett, Twyla Tharp, John Derian, Barbara Kruger, David Mandel, Gregory Crewdson, Marie Howe, Gay Talese, Cheryl Pope, Samin Nosrat, Joanna Quinn & Les Mills, Wesley Morris, Amy Sillman, Andrew Jarecki, Rostam, Ira Glass, Simphiwe Ndzube, Dean Baquet & Tom Bodkin, Max Porter, Elizabeth Diller, Ian Adelman / Calvin Seibert, Tyler Hobbs, Marc Jacobs, Grady West (Dina Martina), Will Shortz, Sheila Heti, Gerald Lovell, Jody Williams & Rita Sodi, Taylor Mac & Machine Dazzle, David Simon, George Saunders, Suzan-Lori Parks., The New York Times bestseller and one of Barack Obama's Favorite Books of 2024 "The gift book of the year, a volume that should have broad appeal and deliver many hours of pleasure to the recipient. The Work of Art is a gorgeous book." --John Warner , The Chicago Tribune From former editor of New York magazine Adam Moss, a collection of illuminating conversations examining the very personal, rigorous, complex, and elusive work of making art What is the work of art? In this guided tour inside the artist's head, Adam Moss traces the evolution of transcendent novels, paintings, jokes, movies, songs, and more. Weaving conversations with some of the most accomplished artists of our time together with the journal entries, napkin doodles, and sketches that were their tools, Moss breaks down the work--the tortuous paths and artistic decisions--that led to great art. From first glimmers to second thoughts, roads not taken, crises, breakthroughs, on to one triumphant finish after another. Featuring: Kara Walker, Tony Kushner, Roz Chast, Michael Cunningham, Moses Sumney, Sofia Coppola, Stephen Sondheim, Susan Meiselas, Louise Glück, Maria de Los Angeles, Nico Muhly, Thomas Bartlett, Twyla Tharp, John Derian, Barbara Kruger, David Mandel, Gregory Crewdson, Marie Howe, Gay Talese, Cheryl Pope, Samin Nosrat, Joanna Quinn & Les Mills, Wesley Morris, Amy Sillman, Andrew Jarecki, Rostam, Ira Glass, Simphiwe Ndzube, Dean Baquet & Tom Bodkin, Max Porter, Elizabeth Diller, Ian Adelman / Calvin Seibert, Tyler Hobbs, Marc Jacobs, Grady West (Dina Martina), Will Shortz, Sheila Heti, Gerald Lovell, Jody Williams & Rita Sodi, Taylor Mac & Machine Dazzle, David Simon, George Saunders, Suzan-Lori Parks
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N71.M675 2024
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