Pat Steir Paintings Author:Carter Ratcliff, Pat Steir A few years ago, The New York Timesės Ken Johnson wrote of a series of Pat Steir paintings that ģBeauty and Intellect join forcesī in them, and that ģwhat saves them from being just pretty pictures is the way they weave together several strands of meaning into a more complex conceptual fabric.ī Over the decades Steir has been carrying on just th... more »e sort of A-list painting career that pulls in accolades like that, putting up installations of her paintings in Europe, Asia, and the U.S. This monograph contains complete biographical and bibliographical information, an essay and an extensive interview between Doris von Drathen and Steir.« less