Steve Wolfe on Paper

by Franklin Sirmans and Carter E. Foster

Working in the tradition of trompe l'oeil, Steve Wolfe (b. 1955) creates careful replicas of classic books, worn album covers, and vinyl records, crafted from modeling paste, screenprints, drawings, and many other media. Wolfe's reproductions embrace the tattered jackets, aged paper, and worn corners that come with the consumption of the culture within. These marks become records of time and memory representing the intersection of abstract...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 030015898X
• ISBN13: 9780300158984
• Release Date: October 2009
• Publisher: Whitney Museum of American Art
• Length: 102 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.5" x 10.9"