Art Chronicles: 1954-1966 by Frank O'Hara Poet, curator, critic, and playright Frank O'Hara unveils the American artistic traditions of the late fifties and early sixties with his discerning observations on each of the major Abstract Expressionists. The discussions come alive in a personal and distinctive style which reflects the thinking and conversation current in the New York art world at this time. O'Hara's full-length monograph on Jackson Pollock gives an emphatic appraisal of the artist's draftsmanship, technique and process. He also gives intriguing accounts of Pollock's contemporaries working in New York City: Frankenthaler, Kline, Nakian, Guston, and Katz. A unique portrait of the period emerges, one that only this extraordinary man who was central to it, could have created. PA, ISBN: 0807607568 $14.95 (Can: $22.50)