Brice Marden: Phaidon Focus

American artist Brice Marden (b. 1938) has had a profound impact on painting today. During his career there has been a sea change in art movements, yet Marden has unwaveringly adhered to modernist principles of abstraction.

From his early monochromatic paintings of the 1960s and 1970s sculpturally layered using oil paint and light-absorbing beeswax to explore subjectively the connections of colour to person, mood or idea to themes inspired by Asian art and culture, composed of vivid and calligraphic loops and webs, Marden’s deeply personal work incorporates multiple art historical and cultural inspirations.