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Bonnie Clearwater, curator of the exhibition, contributed an essay relating the works and underlying themes of the work of Steinberg and Pettibon. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Scope and Contents

This catalogue was printed for the retrospective exhibition of Steinberg's work at the Whitney Museum of American Art in 1978. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Scope and Contents In the Diary series, Sterne is quoted, "Maybe I am saying something which is a truism, but I feel that my work all along was like a dairy." The artist "effortlessly weaves paraphases of quotes by poets, novelists, philosphers, and theologians throughout her conversations, enjoying their ability to communicate a polyphony of diverse yet interrelated ideas. She has noted, 'all in all my greatest mentors were always books.' Although establishing direct corollaries between her paintings and books that have influenced her remins impossible, Sterne's Diary series reveals the central role they play in her thought process as well as her work. For several months in 1976, Sterne placed blank, unstretched canvases on the floor of her main living space (which then, as now, functions as kitchen, dining room, and living room), and then drew a grid patterrn on each. Daily, she filled one square grid with either a quote of her own thought and the date. The handwriting in each square alternates...