The Art of Colors

A beautiful and unique boardbook which teaches children their colors via pieces of contemporary art by acclaimed artists, with short accompanying text that describes each artwork for the adult reader. For example, a beautiful silkscreen by Andy Warhol of field flowers highlights the color purple. The word purple is printed, in bold purple type, on the opposite page. The word purple is also translated into Spanish, French, German, and Japanese, which children find fascinating. A few sentences are given for the adult reader that describe Warhols motivation for this and other artworks.

Twelve colors and artworks are featured, as listed below. They represent pieces by the masters of contemporary art to emerging leaders; women and men; people of many ethnic backgrounds. Red - a dynamic, spiritual painting by Mark Rotho
Blue - a mystical assemblage piece by Betye Saar
Yellow - painting with human figures and words by Jean-Michel Basquiat
Orange - a rich, flowing painting by Sam Francis
Green - a room installation by Barbara Bloom
Purple - a silkscreen of flowers by Andy Warhol
White - a billboard of empty bed sheets by Felix Gonzalez-Torres
Black - a wooden sculpture by Louise Nevelson
Grey - a painting of the United States map by Jasper Johns
Brown - a wall of vintage suitcases by Hirokazu Kosaka
Pink - a geometric landscape painting by Richard Diebenkorn
Light Blue - a light and space, neon artwork by Doug Wheeler