In My View: Personal Reflections on Art by Today's Leading Artists - Rilegato

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ISBN 10: 0500238960 ISBN 13: 9780500238967

Casa editrice: Thames & Hudson, 2012

Riassunto

Behind the closed door of the contemporary artist’s studio is a hidden worldof images—those artworks from the distant or near past that have animated,troubled, consoled, or inspired the artists of today. This book reveals thathidden world, presenting an intimate guide to the imaginations of today’sleading practitioners through the works they love best. Artworks rangingfrom the fifteenth to the mid-twentieth centuries are featured, often supplementedby reproductions of work by the selecting artists.Intimate and evocative, the stories speak of the challenges, provocations,revelations, and delights that can be found when one artist looks closely at thework of another. Some artist-contributors provide unusual perspectives onfamiliar figures from art history—including Thomas Demand on Paolo Uccello,Miroslaw Balka on Michelangelo, Vik Muniz on Peter Paul Rubens, JuliãoSarmento on Eugene Delacroix, Joan Fontcuberta on Louis Daguerre, and Eija-Liisa Ahtila on Pablo Picasso. Others select lesser-known artists, from Jean-MarcBustamante on Pieter Saenredam, Francesco Clemente on Henry Fuseli, andTomma Abts on It¯o Jakuch¯u to Erwin Wurm on Poul Gernes, Do Ho Suh onKim Keong-Hui, and John Bock on Armand Schulthess.

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This is an excellent example of the artist's eye at work: seeing what is not easily visible to the rest of us.--Literary Review

There are as many opinions on offer here as there are artists, but then, as Frank Auerbach puts it: 'To miraculously hold together contradictions and incompatibilities is a good definition of art.' --The Scotsman

As a work of art in its own right, it looks and feels like a feast --Times Literary Supplement

A fascinating book ... unaffected, inspiring responses to art across the ages --Metro

A brilliant, argumentative and provocative anthology, ideal for dipping in and out of ... We come away from this book with all sorts of avenues to explore ourselves, and an enhanced understanding of the talents and even visionary genius of artists past and present --Marina Vaizey, V&A Magazine

Providing a much-needed alternative look at art history from the 15th to the mid-20th century, In My View is a valuable collection of vignettes, personal stories, moments and reflections from some of the contemporary art world's most recognizable and powerful figures --Aesthetica

Celebratory ... the insights convey a sparky electricity between artists through time --Art Review

A simple idea elegantly executed in an attractive, compact, well-illustrated volume --Best Books 2012, The Financial Times

Invariable fascinating --Spectator

A superb collection of testimonials recalling childhood epiphanies in museums or libraries, moments that now seem like the start of a new artistic vocation --The Observer

Absorbing ... elegantly designed and cleverly conceived. --The Arts Newspaper

A terrific idea. This wonderful book presents an entirely new way of looking at art ... the deeply personal stories reveal the profound connections between artists, shedding light on the work of both the past and the present creators, as well as capturing the joy that can come from encounters with great art --Good Book Guide

L'autore:

Simon Grant is a writer and art historian, and has been editor of Tate Etc. magazine since 2004. His writings on art include catalogue essays on Paul Nash, Keith Tyson and Tacita Dean, and reviews for the Guardian, Times Literary Supplement, the Independent on Sunday, Parkett and The Burlington Magazine.

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• Editore: Thames & Hudson
• Data di pubblicazione: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0500238960
• ISBN 13: 9780500238967
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 208
• Redattore: Grant Simon