Brilliant, and deceptively simple
Brenda Coultas
Study
Yuko Otomo
November 2013
STUDY is a collection of “poems on art” written from the 1980s to the present. They are born out of Otomo’s “double” identity as both visual artist and poet/writer. Subjects include Giotto, Michelangelo, Picasso, Kandinsky, Max Beckmann, Louise Bourgeois, Joseph Beuys, Cy Twombly, Robert Frank, Ray Johnson, Bruce Nauman, James Castle, and Horace Pippin, along with lesser-known artist friends of Otomo including Hughes, Silv, O’Hara, and more. STUDY consists of 2 parts; Part I: Poem Cycles, and Part II: Rolled Up & Unframed/ Miscellaneous Poems on Art.
About the Author
Yuko Otomo is a visual artist and a bilingual (Japanese/English) writer of Japanese origin. She writes poetry, haiku, art criticism, travelogues, and essays. Her publications include Garden: Selected Haiku (Beehive Press), Genesis (Sisyphus Press), Small Poems (UDP), The Hand of The Poet (UDP), Study (UDP), Elements (the Feral Press), KOAN (New Feral Press), Frozen Heatwave, a collaboration with Steve Dalachinsky (Luna Bisonte Prods), and Envelope (Poems-For-All). She lives in New York City.
Praise
The aptly named STUDY & Other Poems on Art by Yuko Otomo should be included as an audio guide to the modern and contemporary galleries at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Brilliant, and deceptively simple, this collection of poems spans three decades in the field of art and poetry. Original and perceptive, STUDY & Other Poems on Art deserves a prized place on everyone’s bookshelf.
Brenda Coultas
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Publication Details
ISBN: 978-1-937027-18-6
Trade Paperback
Perfect-bound. 288 pp, 5.5 x 8 in
Publication Date: November 15 2013
Distribution: Asterism Books (US)