R.B. Kitaj: The Exile at Home

Artist: R.B. Kitaj Title: The Exile at Home Author: Barry Schwabsky and Keith Mayerson ISBN: 978-0-692-84650-6 Publisher: Marlborough Gallery, Inc. Book Format: Hardcover, 13 1/2  x 9 5/8 inches, 72 pages, 74 color plates  This catalogue is published to accompany the exhibition The Exile at Home, a solo show on R.B. Kitaj curated by Barry Schwabsky. The artist, who was part of an extraordinary cohort of artists who emerged from the Royal College of Art, was one of the most prominent painters of his time, particularly in England, where the American artist spent some four decades between the 1950s through the 1990s. The catalogue is fully illustrated with seventy-four color plates and features essays from Shwabsky and Keith Mayerson, a contemporary American painter. Barry Schwabsky is art critic for The Nation and co-editor of international reviews for Artforum. His recent books are collections of essays: The Perpetual Guest: Art in the Unfinished Present, 2016, and Words for Art: Critic