It Speaks to Me: Art That Inspires Artists

About this book

Fifty celebrated artists--from New York to New Delhi--on the eye-opening and thought-provoking art that inspires them. Imagine your favorite artist leading you through a museum to the very work of art they cant stop thinking about. Thats the experience at the heart of It Speaks to Me. In lively and intimate conversations 50 acclaimed artists discuss artworks they find compelling from museums around the world. Together they bring to life a wide range of artworks from a Rembrandt self-portrait to a 21st-century social-protest drawing all beautifully reproduced in one volume that is itself inspiring. Highlights include: David Hockney on Edgar Degas Shirin Neshat on Alice Neel Marina Abramovic on Umberto Boccioni Ai Weiwei on a Shang Dynasty jade Nick Cave on Jasper Johns Judy Chicago on Agnes Pelton Do Ho Suh on Jeong Seon Mark Bradford on Mark Rothko and Gillian Wearing on Rembrandt.