Hot, Cold, Heavy, Light, 100 Art Writings 1988-2018

By: Peter Schjeldahl, Jarrett Earnest - introduction

Narrated by: Peter Schjeldahl

Length: 15 hrs and 3 mins

Publisher's summary

Hot Cold Heavy Light collects 100 writings - some long, some short - that taken together form a group portrait of many of the world’s most significant and interesting artists. From Pablo Picasso to Cindy Sherman, Old Masters to contemporary masters, paintings to comix, and saints to charlatans, Schjeldahl ranges widely through the diverse and confusing art world, an expert guide to a dazzling scene.

No other writer enhances the listener's experience of art in precise, jargon-free prose as Schjeldahl does. His reviews are more essay than criticism, and he offers engaging and informative accounts of artists and their work. For more than three decades, he has written about art with Emersonian openness and clarity. A fresh perspective, an unexpected connection, a lucid gloss on a big idea awaits the listener in every minute of this big, absorbing, buzzing audiobook.

©2019 Peter Schjeldahl (P)2019 Abrams Press

Many hours of art and wit.

Such a treat. Enjoyed all of it. Some pieces more than others of course. I like to have words in my head other than my own as I work and these words kept me engaged constantly. Would have been nice to have the chapters listed by title because I’ll certainly revisit favorites.

I just finished and want to start at the beginning

After reading him for decades, listening to this brilliant man read to me is a surpassing pleasure. Thank you!

Didn’t want it to end

I listened to this book each night as I painted. It was so wonderful that I didn’t want it to end. But sadly, it ended.

needs pictures

The writing is great, that isn't the problem. The problem is that it doesn't make a good audiobook - i kept having to pause the book, stop what I was doing, and google the work of art being discussed. Discussion of visual art is not the best subject matter for an audiobook in my opinion.