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Book Dubuffet and the City

Download or read book Dubuffet and the City written by Sophie Berrebi and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dubuffet and the City. People, Place and Urban Space,? written and edited by renowned scholar Dr. Sophie Berrebi (University of Amsterdam), is the first in-depth study to address the work of Jean Dubuffet (1901-1984) in relation to the theme of the city. The book examines how the city plays a role in the formation and unfolding of Dubuffet?s practice and imagination as a material, a source, and a vehicle for ideas. It analyses works in which the artist depicts city dwellers, sites and urban spaces, and discusses his architectural projects from the 1960s and 1970s against the background of heated debates in the field of urbanism. The book accompanies and extends an exhibition at Hauser & Wirth Zurich (June?Sept 2018). Along with full color reproductions of art works the book reproduces little-known archival material from the archives of the Fondation Dubuffet. It also includes several texts by Dubuffet that are translated here in English for the first time.00Exhibition: Hauser & Wirth, Zürich, Switzerland (10.06.-01.09.2018).

Book Jean Dubuffet

    Book Details:
  • Author : Eleanor Nairne
  • Publisher : National Geographic Books
  • Release : 2021-05-04
  • ISBN : 3791359797
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book Jean Dubuffet written by Eleanor Nairne and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2021-05-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Featuring newly commissioned essays and photography of rarely exhibited works, this book highlights the radicalism of Jean Dubuffet, who was one of the most provocative voices of the postwar avant-garde. In 1940s occupied Paris, Jean Dubuffet began to champion a progressive vision for art; one that rejected classical notions of beauty in favor of a more visceral aesthetic. Taking a pioneering approach to materiality and technique, the artist variously blended paint with sand, glass, tar, coal dust, and string. At the same time, he began to assemble a collection of Art Brut--work that was made outside the academic tradition of fine art--even visiting psychiatric wards from 1945 to collect work by patients. This book features texts from leading scholars and is accompanied by images that illuminate Dubuffet's attempts to move beyond the artistic expectations of his time. The works are grouped into six thematic sections that focus on specific series, from his graffiti-inspired "Walls" and his notorious portrait series, "People are Much More Beautiful Than They Think" to the "Corps de dames," a controversial series of "female" landscapes, and his anthropomorphic sculptures, "Little Statues of Precarious Life." Exquisitely produced, this celebration of Dubuffet's work embraces his world view that art is for everyone, not just the elite.

Book Jean Dubuffet

Download or read book Jean Dubuffet written by Raphaël Bouvier and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With his pioneering visual language, not least inspired by children and the mentally ill, Jean Dubuffet (1901-1985) succeeded in disengaging himself from traditions and reinventing art, so to speak. Dubuffet's influence can also still be felt in contemporary art and Street Art, for example in work by David Hockney, Jean-Michel Basquiat, and Keith Haring.The point of departure for this presentation of the artist's multilayered oeuvre is Dubuffet's fascinating notion of landscape, which can also change into a body, a face, an object. He experimented with new techniques and materials, such as sand, butterfly wings, sponges, and slag, creating a unique pictorial universe. Besides important paintings and sculptures from all of the artist's creative phases, the volume also features Dubuffet's spectacular Coucou Bazar, a synthesis of the arts in which painting, sculpture, theater, dance, and music converge. (English edition ISBN 978-3-7757-4099-9)Exhibition: Fondation Beyeler, Riehen/Basel 31.1.-8.4.2016

Book Brutal Aesthetics

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  • Author : Hal Foster
  • Publisher : Princeton University Press
  • Release : 2023-10-17
  • ISBN : 0691253080
  • Pages : 296 pages

Download or read book Brutal Aesthetics written by Hal Foster and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2023-10-17 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How artists created an aesthetic of “positive barbarism” in a world devastated by World War II, the Holocaust, and the atomic bomb In Brutal Aesthetics, leading art historian Hal Foster explores how postwar artists and writers searched for a new foundation of culture after the massive devastation of World War II, the Holocaust, and the atomic bomb. Inspired by the notion that modernist art can teach us how to survive a civilization become barbaric, Foster examines the various ways that key figures from the early 1940s to the early 1960s sought to develop a “brutal aesthetics” adequate to the destruction around them. With a focus on the philosopher Georges Bataille, the painters Jean Dubuffet and Asger Jorn, and the sculptors Eduardo Paolozzi and Claes Oldenburg, Foster investigates a manifold move to strip art down, or to reveal it as already bare, in order to begin again. What does Bataille seek in the prehistoric cave paintings of Lascaux? How does Dubuffet imagine an art brut, an art unscathed by culture? Why does Jorn populate his paintings with “human animals”? What does Paolozzi see in his monstrous figures assembled from industrial debris? And why does Oldenburg remake everyday products from urban scrap? A study of artistic practices made desperate by a world in crisis, Brutal Aesthetics is an intriguing account of a difficult era in twentieth-century culture, one that has important implications for our own. Published in association with the Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC Please note: All images in this ebook are presented in black and white and have been reduced in size.

Book The Art Brut Collection  Lausanne

Download or read book The Art Brut Collection Lausanne written by Michel Thévoz (Art historian, Switzerland) and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Dubuffet as Architect

Download or read book Dubuffet as Architect written by Daniel Abadie and published by Editions Hazan, Paris. This book was released on 2011 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first book to examine the monumental architectural works of the pioneering artist Jean Dubuffet

Book Paris Amsterdam Underground

Download or read book Paris Amsterdam Underground written by Christoph Lindner and published by . This book was released on 2013-01-01 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The postwar histories of Paris and Amsterdam have been significantly defined by the notion of the “underground” as both a material and metaphorical space. Examining the underground traffic between the two cities, this book interrogates the countercultural histories of Paris and Amsterdam in the mid to late-twentieth century. Shuttling between Paris and Amsterdam, as well as between postwar avant-gardism and twenty-first century global urbanism, this interdisciplinary book seeks to create a mirroring effect over the notion of the underground as a driving force in the making of the contemporary European city.

Book Art Hiding in New York

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  • Author : Lori Zimmer
  • Publisher : Hachette UK
  • Release : 2020-09-22
  • ISBN : 0762471018
  • Pages : 302 pages

Download or read book Art Hiding in New York written by Lori Zimmer and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2020-09-22 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Uncover the artistic masterworks hidden across New York City in this charmingly illustrated exploration of one of the world's greatest creative treasure troves. There's so much to love about New York, and so much to see. The city is full of art, and architecture, and history -- and not just in museums. Hidden in plain sight, in office building lobbies, on street corners, and tucked into Soho lofts, there's a treasure trove of art waiting to be discovered, and you don't need an art history degree to fall in love with it. Art Hiding in New York is a beautiful, giftable book that explores all of these locations, traversing Manhattan to bring 100 treasures to art lovers and intrepid New York adventurers. Curator and urban explorer Lori Zimmer brings readers along to sites covering the biggest names of the 20th century -- like Jean-Michel Basquiat's studio, iconic Keith Haring murals, the controversial site of Richard Serra's Tilted Arc, Roy Lichtenstein's subway station commission, and many more. Each entry is accompanied by a beautiful watercolor depiction of the work by artist Maria Krasinski, as well as location information for those itching to see for themselves. With stunning details, perfect for displaying on any art lover's shelf, and curated itineraries for planning your next urban exploration, this inspirational book is a must-read for those who love art, New York, and, of course, both.

Book Barbara Hepworth

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  • Author : Eleanor Clayton
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2021-06-08
  • ISBN : 9780500094259
  • Pages : 288 pages

Download or read book Barbara Hepworth written by Eleanor Clayton and published by . This book was released on 2021-06-08 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A richly illustrated biographyon the life and work ofBarbara Hepworth, one of thetwentieth century's mostinspiring artists and a pioneerof modernist sculpture.

Book Jean Dubuffet

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  • Author : Jean Dubuffet
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1987
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 328 pages

Download or read book Jean Dubuffet written by Jean Dubuffet and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Gray Collection

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  • Author : Art Institute of Chicago
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2010
  • ISBN : 9780300166262
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book Gray Collection written by Art Institute of Chicago and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Published in conjunction with an exhibition organized by and presented at The Art Institute of Chicago, Sept. 25, 2010-Jan. 2, 2011.

Book The Work of Jean Dubuffet

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  • Author : Peter Howard Selz
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2013-07
  • ISBN : 9781258777548
  • Pages : 198 pages

Download or read book The Work of Jean Dubuffet written by Peter Howard Selz and published by . This book was released on 2013-07 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Art Brut in America

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  • Author : Megan Conway
  • Publisher : Museum of American Folk Art
  • Release : 2015
  • ISBN : 9780912161266
  • Pages : 248 pages

Download or read book Art Brut in America written by Megan Conway and published by Museum of American Folk Art. This book was released on 2015 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Exhibition organized in collaboration with Collection d l'Art Brut Lausanne.

Book Asphyxiating Culture and Other Writings

Download or read book Asphyxiating Culture and Other Writings written by Jean Dubuffet and published by Thunder's Mouth Press. This book was released on 1988 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Chromaphilia

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  • Author : Stella Paul
  • Publisher : Phaidon Press
  • Release : 2017-03-13
  • ISBN : 9780714873893
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book Chromaphilia written by Stella Paul and published by Phaidon Press. This book was released on 2017-03-13 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unlock the secrets of color - learn how and why it has been used in art over the centuries This vibrant and compelling book uses 240 artworks as case studies to tell the story of ten individual colors or color groups. It explores the history and meaning of each color in art, highlighting fascinating tales of discovery and artistic passion, and offering easily accessible explanations of the science and theory behind specific colors. From Isaac Newton's optics to impressionist theory, from the dynamics of Josef Albers to the contemporary metaphysics of Olafur Eliasson, this book shows how color paints our world.

Book Picasso and Printmaking in Paris

Download or read book Picasso and Printmaking in Paris written by Stephen Coppel and published by University of California Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A history of printmaking in Paris in the first half of the twentieth century.

Book Adventures in Art

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  • Author : Arne Glimcher
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2001-01-01
  • ISBN : 9788886482820
  • Pages : 664 pages

Download or read book Adventures in Art written by Arne Glimcher and published by . This book was released on 2001-01-01 with total page 664 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Adventures in Art is a magisterial volume that documents the story of Pace Gallery in New York. One of the most important 20th-century American galleries, the history of Pace is virtually the history post-war America art, and this book, with over 700 color images and nearly 700 pages, shows why. Arne Glimcher, founder of Pace Gallery, has not only been adept at spotting trends in art, but in encouraging new visions, and defining movements. Among the artists with whom he's had a close and enduring relationship are Robert Irwin, Louise Nevelson, Chuck Close, Donald Judd, Jean Dubuffet, and many others whose exhibitions are documented in Adventures in Art. The book includes chronological lists of the exhibitions and publications that have defined Pace Gallery since the early 1960s, and excerpts from reviews and catalogs by such prominent writers as Hilton Kramer, Lawrence Alloway, Rosalind Krauss, Peter Schjeldahl, Robert Rosenblum, and Calvin Tomkins.