The Artist Project: What Artists See When They Look At Art
272 pages
405 illustrations
12 × 9.375 in.
This title is out of print.
Artists have long been stimulated and motivated by the work of those who came before them—sometimes, centuries before them. In this volume, 120 international contemporary artists discuss works from The Metropolitan Museum of Art's collection that spark their imagination. Their insightful musings shed new light on art-making, museums, and the creative process. Images of works from The Met collection appear alongside images of the contemporary artists' work, allowing readers to discover a rich web of visual connections that spans cultures and millennia.
Met Art in Publication
Gerrit Rietveld
ca. 1937–40
Villeroy
ca. 1740–45
Georges Seurat
1882–83
1640–50
Achaemenid
ca. 6th–4th century BCE
Achaemenid
ca. 5th century BCE
Italian
late 17th century
John Baldessari
1987
Philip Guston
1973
ca. 1390–1336 B.C.
Ali Banisadr
2010
Hieronymus Bosch
ca. 1475
dated 1000 AH/1591–92 CE
Multiple artists/makers
1871–73 [published 1874]
Dawoud Bey
1976, printed 1979
Roy DeCarava
1951
Bamana artist
Early 20th century
Vilhelm Hammershøi
1900–1906
Howardena Pindell
1980–81
Mark Bradford
2014
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Citation
———, ed. 2017. The Artist Project: What Artists See When They Look at Art. London : New York, NY: Phaidon Press Limited ; The Metropolitan Museum of Art.