Subject: Reissue of "Sunshine Muse"
Date: Wed, 1 Sep 1999 14:50:01 -0400 


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University of California press will reissue my 1974 book, "Sunshine Muse:
Contemporary Art on the West Coast," next year. It won't be an updated
edition, but rather the original text--with some corrections--re-subtitled
"Art on the West Coast, 1945-70," and accompanied by a new introduction by
the author.

I'm working on that introduction right now and I'd welcome criticisms--yes,
criticisms--of the book from anybody out there. Hit me with your best shots,
certainly; but specific, substantiated arguments will be more useful to me
(presuming you want to set me straight, not just make me feel bad) than
unvarnished rants.

Thanks in advance for your consideration and time.

	---Peter Plagens

 
Peter Plagens
Art Critic / Newsweek
251 W. 57th St. / New York, NY 10019
(212) 445-4423; fax 445-4990
pplage-AT-newsweek.com
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