Colour (Whitechapel: Documents of Contemporary Art)

Brought together philosophical issues asociatioed with colour. One could dip into many views and then try to integrate them personally. The book itself did not handle this integration. Valuable for the work done in isolating issues. The excerpts provide many kernels and i t would be difficult to get these oneself. Not a book to read from cover-to-cover but a source of viewpoints that one can sample and collate.Very valuable.

I have begun collecting these anthologies from Whitechapel that concern the thoughts, philosophies, and concerns of contemporary artists around a particular theme, this one being 'colour'. These works are readable and useful, fill in names and events in the art world that inform current theories and concerns. Its also fascinating to have a book on 'colour' that has no pictures, and no colour beyond greyscale....

I really have enjoyed this book

Brand new in original plastic wrapping. Love the size, easy too carry, feels great in my hand. It is for a class and I love it so far.

Many of the people quoted are famous and/or well-established, but the bulk of them seem to be from pretty far in the past and/or reknowned mainly in Britain. There are also many writers and members of other professions besides visual art. The comments just happen to be about color but are not particularly meaningful. That is, the comments are just snippets from someone's wider body of work as if the book's author had done a search on the word "colour" and included those three or four paragraphs that fit the subject. I didn't find this book very informative at all. I regret buying it.

Bought this book twice.... bought it, left it in a bar - bought it again. So that's how much I liked it. I'm going to be teaching a college course in color theory and practice this year, and I picked up this book during my research. (Also checked out "Chromophobia" from the library, and so far am enjoying it.) As a supplement to more meat-and-potatoes (read: boring and rote but necessary) color theory and techniques texts, I am finding this compendium to be lively and full of pithy quotes. It saves me from having to cull from impossibly long texts, and promises to be a good resource for future lectures. Maybe it's just because I am a greedy art reader and practicing painter, but I love this kind of stuff. Who knew? People used to write actual manifestos about specific colors: "White is pure! Purple is enervating! Black is luminous! ...no it's not!" There seems to be no agreement whatsoever, which is one of the things I love about art: it's an eternal argument with no resolution, but is strangely consensus-based at any given moment. Very worthwhile read, although you probably don't have to read it straight through, as I am doing.

This is an interesting look at the history of color theories. It has writings by artists and theorists. It follows a historical progression. As an artist I was drawn to comments by other artists. Much of the writing is detailed and some color theory would be helpful but certainly not necessary. David Batchelors work is wonderful and thought provoking and this book is likewise.

My son, doing a degree in fine art, finds this book useful, so I am happy with its purchase.

Not in great condition considering it's new.

this book is a very useful resource on a wide variety of writings concerning colour in art. Much of it is extremely interesting and informative

a verty interesting and informative read

very insightful brilliant book