Karel Appel, a Gesture of Colour Contributor(s): Lyotard, Jean-François (Author), Parret, Herman (Introduction by), Buci-Glucksmann, Christine (Afterword by) |
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ISBN: 9058677567 ISBN-13: 9789058677563 Publisher: Leuven University Press
Binding Type: Hardcover Published: December 2009 Annotation: The first volume in the new series Jean-Franois LyotardWritings on Contemporary Art and Artists is dedicated to the Dutch Abstract Expressionist painter, sculptor, and poet Karel Appel (19212006). Originally published in German, the books original French text, written in 1992 as the result of a correspondence with Karel Appel, is here published for the first time. In his text about Appel, Lyotard reflects on the nature and function of color as it is used by the artist. Karel Appel, A Gesture of Colour brings together, in a special color section, twenty-five color reproductions of paintings discussed by Lyotard. The layout of this remarkable art historical survey of Appels work emphasizes the bilingual texts. Click for more in this series: Jean-Francois Lyotard Ecrits Sur L'Art Contemporain Et Les Artistes |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Art | Criticism & Theory - Art | Individual Artists - Essays |
Dewey: 759.949 |
Age Level: 22-UP |
Grade Level: 17-UP |
Series: Jean-Francois Lyotard Ecrits Sur L'Art Contemporain Et Les Artistes |
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.5" W x 9.1" L (1.40 lbs) 190 pages |
Features: Illustrated, Table of Contents |
Review Citations: Chronicle of Higher Education 01/22/2010 pg. 17 |
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Publisher Description: The first volume in the new series Jean-Fran ois Lyotard: Writings on Contemporary Art and Artists is dedicated to the Dutch Abstract Expressionist painter, sculptor, and poet Karel Appel (1921-2006). Originally published in German, the book's original French text, written in 1992 as the result of a correspondence with Karel Appel, is here published for the first time. In his text about Appel, Lyotard reflects on the nature and function of color as it is used by the artist. Karel Appel, A Gesture of Colour brings together, in a special color section, twenty-five color reproductions of paintings discussed by Lyotard. The layout of this remarkable art historical survey of Appel's work emphasizes the bilingual texts.Lyotard presents Karel Appel's matterism as an offer of presence, presence deferred--it is the visual where every predicate is suspended, the visual touched, a gesture of color more than a property of color, an appearance at the edge of the abyss. Christine Buci-Glucksmann's epilogue situates Karel Appel, a Gesture of Colour within the whole of Lyotard's writings on art and his subsequent work. |
Contributor Bio(s): Parret, Herman: - Herman Parret is Professor Emeritus of Aesthetics and Philosophy of Language at the Institute of Philosophy, University of Leuven.Lyotard, Jean-Francois: - The philosopher and literary theorist Jean-François Lyotard (1924-1998) was Woodruff Professor of Philosophy and French at Emory University. |
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