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Philip F. Palmedo has had a diversified career as a physicist, art critic, and author. His writings on art have included articles in journals, catalog essays, and several books on modern sculpture. In his four monographs on individual sculptors, Mr. Palmedo has explored the relationship between artists’ lives and their work. He has used those individual histories to understand the creative process and the nature of sculpture as an art form. One reviewer wrote of his most recent book, The Experience of Modern Sculpture, that it enables “both novice and experienced viewers of three-dimensional art to enrich their experience and deepen the joys of their perceptions.” That describes well the objective of his writing. 

A Dog’s Breakfast

Kallos Press, 2025

In this book Palmedo vividly describes his travels through his various careers: the challenges; the ancillary but important interests; the decision processes; the accomplishments; the support he got from colleagues; and particularly the pleasures. Certain themes run through the book, such as the stimulus to learn and the role of writing in that process; and the emergence of a personal philosophy. Another thread is Palmedo’s fascination with the deep affinities between art and science that ended up with his publishing a book by that name.

Palmedo once described his various careers to a British friend who said, “You know, in England we would call that a dog’s breakfast of careers.” So that’s the title of this book.

A Dog’s Breakfast can be purchased from Amazon.